MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
In a high-level meeting to review implementation of the New Urban Agenda 10 years after its adoption, speakers in the General Assembly today both underscored the connection between urban policy and sustainable development and urged renewed ...
The high-level political forum on sustainable development concluded its 2026 session today, adopting a ministerial declaration, as amended, calling for transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated action to accelerate implementation of ...
The International Criminal Court has made major strides in investigating crimes committed recently in Sudan’s Darfur region — including linking grave crimes against civilians directly with the perpetrators — the Security Council heard today, as ...
The Security Council met today to review implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in Colombia as the country enters a political transition following closely contested and polarizing presidential elections, with speakers underscoring the ...
Renewed diplomacy across West Africa and the Sahel is beginning to yield tangible improvements, even as an increasingly sophisticated terrorist threat continues to wreak havoc across the region, particularly in the central Sahel and northern ...
As the Security Council adopted a resolution extending the Secretary-General’s monthly reporting mandate concerning Houthi attacks in the Red Sea for six additional months, the representatives of United States and China exchanged words about the ...
Holding an emergency meeting following reports of unauthorized Iranian flights to and from Yemen in recent days, the Security Council today heard, once again, that de-escalation must be the priority so that Yemen is not further entangled in the ...
With just four years remaining to achieve the vision laid out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, only a third of its targets remain on track or are progressing, senior UN officials told the Economic and Social Council’s annual High ...
The General Assembly decided today that the 2027 high-level meeting on universal health coverage will be convened under the theme, “Universal health coverage: accessible and affordable health for all by 2030”, adopting a modalities resolution ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Dialogue on Early Warnings for All in Response to Climate Change at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference Meteorological Forum, in Shanghai today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the opening ceremony of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Mid-term Review of ...
On 14 July 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Rabab Fatima of Bangladesh as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain as Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates group, alongside Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Global Conference of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, in Paris today:
The new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, Victoria Hallum, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have taken an important step towards a coordinated regional strategy to curb illicit arms, ammunition and explosives trafficking — one of the key drivers of violence and insecurity across the Andean region.
The new Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, Nadzirah Osman, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.