MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The General Assembly met today to take up drafts on "Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit", "Global health and foreign policy" and "Report of the United Nations Youth Office", including a debate on the report.
Alarmed by this morning’s killing of Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which comes on the heels of several recent escalatory events in the Middle East, the UN top political affairs official called today for diplomatic efforts to change the ...
The Security Council today lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic, also deciding that, until 31 July 2025, all Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of arms ...
Decrying legislative and physical attacks against the United Nations agency providing the backbone for the humanitarian response in Gaza, two senior UN officials urged the Security Council today to act in the face of flagrant violation of ...
Supplying weapons to Ukraine is legitimate and in line with the Charter of the United Nations, as it will help that country defend itself against the Russian Federation’s aggression, the Security Council heard today, as members presented ...
The Economic and Social Council opened its 2025 session today, with the incoming President establishing the global displacement crisis, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite achievement of sustainable development, and greater ...
The Economic and Social Council concluded its two-day management segment today, focusing on the work of the five UN regional economic commissions.
The Economic and Social Council began its two-day management segment today, discussing the reports of several of its subsidiary bodies and adopting draft resolutions and decisions contained in the reports.
Seven months of an escalatory trajectory in Yemen — accompanied by threats of a full-scale return to war — reached a new and dangerous level, the Organization’s senior official for that country warned the Security Council today, as he expressed ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
On the sidelines of the seventy-eighth United Nations General Debate, 85 States and 1 international organization undertook a total of 102 actions at the annual Treaty Event which ended today.
The environment and its sustainability is in the spotlight at this year’s multilateral Treaty Event at the UN Headquarters from 19 to 22 September 2023, held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly high-level general debate.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, for Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti, observed today:
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in France on Friday, 26 July, to attend the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee and the Government of France.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Linda Maguire of the United States as Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Management Services of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Youth, “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”, observed on 12 August:
On 30 July 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) removed the following entries from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities:
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Dushanbe from Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday evening, 4 July.