At least 11 United Nations personnel — seven military personnel and four civilians — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2023, the United Nations Staff Union Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service said today.
The Security Council today blocked Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations due to a United States veto on a draft resolution that would have recommended the granting of such status.
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs tells us that new strikes across the country over the weekend left hundreds of thousands of people in Kharkiv, Odesa and Kryvyi Rih without electricity and heat.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed on 25 March:
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its sixty-fifth session from 21 to 23 February, via hybrid format at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its sixty-fourth session from 5 to 8 December, via hybrid format at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The session was presided over by the Chair, Imran Vanker. All the other members of the Committee, namely: Janet St. Laurent (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Bradley, Anton Kosyanenko and Suresh Sharma, were in attendance.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund seventy-fifth anniversary, today:
The Panel of External Auditors’ sixty-third session, chaired by Isma Yatun, Chair of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia, was held from 20-21 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations Day Concert, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for United Nations Day, observed on 24 October:
