MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The European Union remains the United Nations’ reliable partner of choice and a cornerstone of its financing, even amid shifting geopolitical dynamics, the Security Council heard today during its annual briefing on cooperation between the two ...
The Commission on the Status of Women continued its sixty-ninth session today holding a ministerial roundtable discussion, with speakers sharing best practices and challenges in regard to their national strategies aiming to achieve gender ...
The Commission on the Status of Women opened its sixty-ninth session today in the General Assembly, marking 30 years since the landmark 1995 Beijing Conference on Women, which pledged to achieve gender equality and uphold women’s rights. ...
Pointing to growing frustration over the lack of progress in political engagement with Afghanistan’s de facto authorities — compounded by cuts to humanitarian-aid funding that are placing additional pressure on the Afghan people — the top UN ...
Noting the approach of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia on 15 March, Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) delegates today began reviewing the proposed 2025 budget of $870,000 to support the mandate of a Special Envoy to ...
The Special Committee on Decolonization met today to approve the guidelines and rules of procedure for its 2025 Pacific Regional Seminar, which will be held in Dili, Timor-Leste, from 21 to 23 May.
The new political reality in Syria presents an opportunity to obtain long-overdue clarifications on the Syrian chemical weapons programme, rid the country of all such weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention ...
Fear of Yemen plunging back into widespread conflict is “palpable”, the United Nations’ top official in that country told the Security Council today, calling on the parties to refrain from military posturing and instead agree on a nationwide ...
The General Assembly today addressed what many delegations decried as “misuse” of the Security Council veto by the Russian Federation on 24 February — the third anniversary of its aggression against Ukraine.
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 to the town hall meeting with civil society on the occasion of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the International Day of Nowruz, observed on 21 March:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the Children and Armed Conflict Campaign “Prove It Matters” in Geneva, Switzerland, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, observed on 15 March:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for Earth Hour, observed at 8:30 p.m. local time, on 22 March:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:
The new Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, Ericq Pierre, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, Samuel Žbogar, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Observer for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Cherinet Hariffo, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The Permanent Observer for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to the United Nations, Thomas Schnöll, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.