MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today heard speakers from New Caledonia call on France to stop criminalizing those fighting for freedom.
While detailing national efforts to prevent and combat terrorism, speakers also underlined the need for an international framework to unite them as the Sixth Committee (Legal) continued its debate on “measures to eliminate international ...
Nuclear risks persist, arms-control arrangements are under pressure and new technologies are transforming the character and speed of conflict, Khalilur Rahman, President of the UN General Assembly, told the First Committee (Disarmament and ...
Poverty, widening inequality, conflict and violence against women are threatening hard-won social gains, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today, as speakers warn that development cannot endure when women and girls ...
As the United Nations undergoes a profound reform meant to increase its agility while spending less, the role of its oversight bodies is critical to assess the accompanying risks, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) ...
With the international financial system still an impediment to driving forward action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and adaptation to the climate crisis, speakers stressed the need to reform its accessibility and architecture ...
Amid deepening conflict and insecurity across Africa, the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union should shift from reactive crisis management to proactive conflict prevention and from abstract frameworks to concrete ...
“The ocean is our ancestor,” not a resource to be exploited, elected representatives and petitioners from French Polynesia told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today.
With an annual Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap estimated at more than $4 trillion, global growth projected to expand by only 2.6 per cent in 2026 and over 800 million people still living in poverty, speakers today called for ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address to the Foreign Service Academy, in Islamabad today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, observed on 13 October:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) Town Hall, in Islamabad today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Global Heat Forum, in Bangkok today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on receiving the Pakistan national honour, in Islamabad today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message marking three years since the attacks of 7 October 2023:
On 5 October 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) removed the following entry from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Gianluca Rampolla del Tindaro of Italy as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt, with the host Government’s approval.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), held under theme “Enhancing good governance and empowering communities through inclusivity, trust and ...
The Sixth Committee (Legal) elected Trishala Simantini Persaud, Deputy Permanent Representative of Guyana, Chair on 2 June.