The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 session today, deferring requests by one entity for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, while taking note of 527 new and 1 deferred quadrennial ...
MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Weeks ahead of a referendum meant to move Mali closer to constitutional order, the senior United Nations official in the country — emphasizing that the situation stands at a critical juncture, amid sustained security and humanitarian crises — ...
Against a backdrop of the highest number of violent conflicts since the Second World War and a consequent, pervasive sense of insecurity around the world, the United Nations must rethink its efforts to achieve sustainable peace, the Security ...
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 session today, recommending one entity for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 103 others.
While the International Criminal Court’s trial stemming from the Security Council’s first-ever referral of a situation has progressed swiftly with an intended close by February, Sudan has not met its commitments, the Court’s top prosecutor told ...
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 session today, recommending 30 entities for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 74 others.
Twelve years filled with destruction and war, corruption, sanctions and the Lebanese financial collapse, as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have contributed to “a twin humanitarian and economic crisis of epic ...
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its 2023 session today, recommending 69 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferring action on 87 others.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
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 International Day of Human Fraternity, observed 4 February:
Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds One Entry to Its Sanctions List
On 27 January 2023, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the ...
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, observed today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations memorial ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in New York today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Mojankunyane Gumbi of South Africa as Special Adviser for Addressing Racism in the Workplace.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the exhibition “Yad Vashem Book of Names”, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The new Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations, Sophea Eat, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.