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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to fifth General Assembly of the Digital Cooperation Organization, held today:

In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the city and region of Kyiv were hit by large-scale drone and missile strikes, killing and injuring several civilians. Up to 500,000 families in Kyiv lost electricity, with water and heating services disrupted. In Dnipro, an attack also killed and injured civilians.

Gaza is “the deadliest conflict” for journalists, speaker after speaker underscored today at a UN seminar on journalism in Palestine, featuring reporters from there and abroad, as well as press freedom experts.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, in New York today:

The 2025 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East will take place on Monday, 1 December, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in Conference Room 6.

In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the ongoing humanitarian scale-up is still being held back by restrictions affecting visas and import approvals, too few crossing points operating and limited facilitation of humanitarian movements inside Gaza, among other challenges.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed on 2 November:

The United Nations Department of Global Communications and the World Federation of United Nations Associations announced today the launch of a new Model United Nations Mini-Simulation Toolkit to mark United Nations Day 2025 and the eightieth anniversary of the UN Charter.

The United Nations today launched Shared Lives, Shared Future, a global exhibition marking the Organization’s eightieth anniversary through powerful human stories from around the world.

In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UN partners continue to deliver aid across the country amid multiple attacks in different parts of Ukraine. These attacks are impacting the energy infrastructure in Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy and Vinnytsa.