MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
At a special event today marking the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Nakba, the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee heard testimonies from bereaved families and friends of victims — those killed during the events of 78 years ago, as ...
While Syria has seen progress towards accountability and sustained international engagement, the Security Council heard today that unresolved tensions, economic hardship and repeated violations of Syria’s sovereignty persist as the country ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina is moving along “a narrowing path” that could lead either towards institutional sustainability and economic revitalization, or stagnation and deconstruction of State institutions, the Security Council heard today from the ...
With the window to 2030 “narrowing”, the United Nations Forum on Forests opened its twenty-first session by launching the Global Forest Goals Report 2026, calling for faster action, stronger partnerships and scaled-up resources to keep agreed ...
Concluding the regular part of its forty-eighth session today, the Committee on Information adopted its report containing two resolutions concerning United Nations information activities that the General Assembly will vote on later this year.
The current cash balance for the United Nations regular budget is “only sufficient to meet legal obligations through the middle of August” — not through December — the Organization’s top management official told the Fifth Committee ...
Safeguard open access for emerging technologies, leading scientists from around the world underscored today at a United Nations forum on how their work can support development.
The conflict in Sudan and instability in South Sudan are delaying agreement on Abyei’s final status and degrading conditions in the demilitarized area, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today, as delegates called for the ...
The crucial question about artificial intelligence is not how powerful it is, but who it is being designed for, the United Nations heard today from a scientist whose life and work experience spans multiple continents.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum, held under the theme “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities”, in Baku today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the event titled, “Celebrating 70: Japan-United Nations Cooperation, Expo 2025 and the Future of Multilateralism”, in Tokyo today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, in Geneva today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks in several locations across Mali on 25 April 2026 and in the days that followed, including 6 May 2026, which resulted in the loss of ...
On 27 March 2026, the Panel of Experts on South Sudan briefed the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), in connection with the Panel’s final report submitted in pursuance of paragraph 18 of ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his new Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, UN Department of Safety and Security.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 13 May 2026, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, convened the tenth African Union–United Nations Annual Conference at the African Union ...