MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
As the 2016 peace agreement in Colombia reaches the tenth year of its 15-year timeline, the Head of the UN Mission in that country called on its Government to continue to protect former combatants who have laid down arms, accelerate rural land ...
The situation in Syria remains “very tense with exchanges of fire”, a senior United Nations political and peacebuilding official said today as he briefed the Security Council on progress in halting the fighting and ensuring the full integration ...
While the new year carries “high expectations” for progress in Haiti, the Security Council heard today that achieving this requires sustained security efforts, focused international engagement and assumed political responsibilities.
The gruesome crisis in Sudan has “darkened even further” in the last six months, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today, citing a pattern of large-scale crimes against humanity that is being repeated “in town after ...
Amid reports of a potential United States military intervention to halt the killings of protesters in Iran, the Security Council today heard harrowing testimony from Iranian journalists who said they had been targeted for assassination and ...
“Do not be bystanders to injustice and impunity,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres implored delegates today, speaking candidly as he presented the Organization’s priorities for 2026 to the General Assembly.
The Security Council today adopted a resolution extending the Secretary-General’s monthly reporting on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea for six additional months, citing its many previous condemnations of the group’s attacks on merchant and ...
United Nations officials today urged an inclusive political process for Yemen, warned that millions of people are being left without life-saving aid and demanded the release of detained UN and relief personnel.
As the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears four years, Security Council speakers today called for de-escalation and condemned Moscow’s supersonic missile strike near the border of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Giorgio Marrapodi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
On Sunday, 18 January, the Secretary-General arrived in Switzerland to attend his yearly retreat with his Special Representatives and Envoys.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, for the 2026 International Day of Education Celebrations at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Paris ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “ECOSOC80: A Turning Point for Multilateralism”, in New York today:
Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the Danish Parliament, in Copenhagen today:
At least 21 United Nations personnel — 12 peacekeeping personnel and 9 civilians — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2025, the United Nations Staff Union Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service ...
On Friday, 16 January, the United Nations Secretary-General arrived in London to take part in the eightieth anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly in London in 1946.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Abukar Dahir Osman (Somalia):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the entry into force of the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, in New York today: