MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
As demographics shift around the world, some countries are learning how to manage rapidly ageing societies, while others are exploring the best ways to optimize their youth populations, the Commission on Population and Development heard today.
The General Assembly today heard explanations from China and the Russian Federation regarding their use of the veto on 7 April, when they rejected a Security Council draft resolution submitted by Gulf States aimed at securing freedom of ...
Amid a review of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Security Council heard today that the challenging conditions in which these missions carry out the UN’s core purpose of helping to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” ...
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, reaffirming that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme helps implement sanctions on conflict diamonds and encouraging the widest possible ...
Despite diplomatic progress aimed at ending the brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senior officials today warned the Security Council that violence in the country’s east continues unabated — with millions of women and girls ...
Online algorithms can reinforce stigma by suppressing, deprioritizing and hiding sexual and reproductive health information, a 19-year-old youth advocate from Saint Lucia told the Commission on Population and Development.
Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, speakers told the Security Council today, stressing the need for de-escalation, political progress and urgent humanitarian funding for a country and people precariously ...
The Security Council today renewed until 15 August 2027 the mandate of the Panel of Experts tasked with monitoring the implementation of sanctions on Libya and extended until 1 August 2027 the authorization for Member States to take measures ...
The Commission on Population and Development began its week-long session on Monday with speakers urging greater investment in data, research and digital systems so rapid technological change accelerates sustainable development instead of ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
On 15 April 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entries below on its 1988 List of individuals and entities subject to the ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the Borrowers Platform, in Washington, D.C., today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in Istanbul today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan, in Berlin today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, in Geneva today:
The United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee held its seventy-fourth session from 7 to 9 April at the United Nations Headquarters of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. The ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 13 April 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entries below on its 1988 List of individuals and entities subject to the ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
On 24 March 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to consider the final report of its Panel of Experts, submitted pursuant to paragraph 23 of resolution ...