At least five United Nations personnel — four military peacekeeping personnel and one civilian UN security coordination officer — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2024, the United Nations Staff Union Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service said today. By nationality, the UN personnel who died in 2024 were from Cameroon (1), Ghana (1), India (1) Pakistan (1) and Uganda (1).
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, observed on 5 March:
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message at the twelfth session of the Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development 2025, in Bangkok today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Conference on Disarmament, in Geneva today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to Human Rights Council, in Geneva today:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
On 21 February 2025, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the entry below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al‑Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the de-listing request for this name submitted through the Office of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1904 (2009), and of the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson on this de-listing request.
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its sixty-ninth session from 17 to 19 February at United Nations Headquarters in New York and was presided over by the Chair, Anton Kosyanenko. All the other members of the Committee — namely, Suresh Sharma, Vice-Chair; Dorothy Bradley; and Jeanette Franzel — were in attendance.
