Press Release

This year marks 20 years of collaboration between the United Nations and The Nippon Foundation under the capacity-building project titled "Human Resources Development and Advancement of the Legal Order of the World’s Oceans". Launched in 2004, the project aims to enhance the capacity of Government officials and mid-level professionals, particularly from developing States, including least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the high-level meeting to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Cooperative Alliance Global Conference, in New Delhi today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, today:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its sixty-second session at United Nations Headquarters from 7 October to 22 November 2024.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Following is the text of UN Secretary General António Guterres’ video message to the International Finance Forum 2024 annual meeting, in Hong Kong, special administrative region of China, today:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed on 29 November:

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, 11 November, to attend the twenty-ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP29.