MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The General Assembly today demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, reiterated its demand for the immediate release of all hostages and demanded that Israel allow the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ...
Two individuals who violated peace and security in Sudan were subjected to targeted sanctions during the reporting period, the head of the subsidiary body concerning that country told the Security Council today, as Khartoum’s representative ...
The Security Council today received a briefing on its sanctions regime for Haiti and heard a call for stronger measures from the country’s representative, who reported a surge in homicides and a tripling of kidnappings this year amid arms ...
Despite escalating tensions in the region and continued fighting in Yemen, a political solution for peace in the country is still possible but requires the Security Council’s unity and decisive action, a senior United Nations official told the ...
As the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) completes its work, Member States must cooperate with the international court and each other to ensure the completion of the “cycle of justice” for the victims and survivors ...
The General Assembly today underscored the importance of the ocean in sustaining life on Earth for present and future generations, underlining the need to maintain and promote a healthy, sustainable and rules-based global marine life as it ...
Concerned about worsening global humanitarian and economic crises, natural and man-made disasters, threats to international peace and security and the effects of climate change on forced migration and food production, the General Assembly today ...
The map of violence often aligns with that of natural resources, the Head of the Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo told the Security Council today, while a civil society representative stressed that the country is not asking for ...
With its recent national census and long-overdue parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq is secure and stable despite the obstacles it faces, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today as ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Lisbon from Baku on Saturday morning, 23 November.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, returned to Baku, Azerbaijan, from Brazil early in the morning of Thursday, 21 November.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to G20 sherpas and finance sherpas, in Johannesburg, South Africa today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Major General Anita Asmah of Ghana as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its sixty-eighth session from 3 to 6 December, via hybrid format at the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Berne, Switzerland. The session was held under the shadows of the recent ...
The Panel of External Auditors’ sixty-fourth session, chaired by Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Cour des comptes, was held from 9 to 10 December 2024 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...
The following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the high-level pledging event for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), in New York today:
After the examination of the eighth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan (S/2024/443) and the adoption of conclusions on the report, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: