MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Two years after the September 2022 explosions that severely damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the Security Council met today at the request of the Russian Federation, who, in the absence of a briefer ...
Amid “the perfect storm” of escalating geopolitical tensions, climate change and lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) opened its seventy-ninth session today, with delegates calling ...
Continuing its debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism, Sixth Committee (Legal) speakers expressed concerns over the threats posed by the scourge in the Sahel region and the evolution of new and emerging terrorist threats, while ...
Despite persisting security challenges, Somalia continues to forge progress on national priorities, including in assuming full responsibility for its own security, senior officials told the Security Council today, as members underscored the need ...
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today approved its work programme for the seventy-ninth session and set out guidelines for its completion within the allotted time frame.
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) opened its seventy-ninth session today, approving a programme of work with topics ranging from international trade, debt and development financing to global partnerships, poverty eradication and food ...
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved its programme of work for the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session today, with topics ranging from the decolonization of the 17 remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories to ...
The partnership between the United Nations and African Union has never been more critical, several senior officials told the Security Council today, as they laid out the myriad challenges facing the continent from the world’s largest forced ...
As the Sixth Committee (Legal) began its debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism at the first meeting of its seventy-ninth session today, speakers grappled with how to effectively marshal national and regional efforts and engage ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the bicentenary of the founding of the Basotho Nation, in Lesotho, today:
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Singapore on the night of 31 August.
The Secretary-General arrived in Shanghai from Singapore on the night of 2 September.
The Secretary-General arrived in Dili, Timor-Leste from Tonga in the afternoon of Wednesday, 28 August.
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Maritza Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) Chair on 6 June.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, from New Zealand, on Saturday evening, 24 August.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Apia, Samoa, in the evening of 21 August 2024.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, from Samoa on the evening of Friday, 23 August.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona of Chile as Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Food Day, observed 16 October: