MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Arrangements to hold long-awaited elections in South Sudan in December remain insufficient, the Security Council heard today, as speakers called for urgent action so that the world’s youngest nation can finally complete its transition to a ...
Winning the fight against Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and its splinter groups requires intensive international cooperation and practical action, senior UN officials told the Security Council today, warning that terror networks are ...
The Security Council today renewed the sanctions regime targeting non-State armed groups and individuals operating in the Central African Republic for another year.
In a Middle East aflame with tensions, from Gaza to the Gulf, resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict remains central to wider peace, the Security Council heard today.
After taking stock of progress towards Security Council reform and looking ahead to future negotiations on that topic, the General Assembly today adopted several texts relating to upcoming reviews and meetings, as well as to its Second Committee ...
Intensified hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and surrounding maritime corridors are exacting a devastating toll on civilians and imperiling global food security, senior UN officials warned the Security Council today, citing attacks ...
Following fraught deliberations on its reappointment of the standing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for another four-year term, the General Assembly today also adopted several draft texts concerning sustainable development, peace and ...
At today’s Security Council open debate on the peaceful settlement of disputes, speakers called for greater use of the UN’s diplomatic toolbox — including mediation, fact-finding and early action under Chapter VI of the world body’s Charter — ...
The best chapters of the Economic and Social Council are still being written, that organ heard today as Nepal handed over the presidency to Algeria and a vision of a leaner, more substance-oriented Council.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
On Monday night, 27 July, the Secretary-General arrived in Cyprus to express his commitment to support for Cypriot communities in the search for a comprehensive and sustainable settlement of the Cyprus issue.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on World Humanitarian Day, observed on 19 August:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial on the eighty-first anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, in Nagasaki, Japan, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christina Markus Lassen (Denmark):
The Secretary-General arrived in Damascus, Syria, on the morning of Saturday, 25 July.
NEW YORK, 7 August — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its sixty-seventh session from 6 July to 7 August 2026 at United Nations Headquarters. The plenary parts of the session were held from 6 to 8 July, on 10 July and ...
The Secretary-General arrived in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday, 26 July.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christina Markus Lassen (Denmark):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on the eighty-first anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as delivered by Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for ...