MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests 35 years after the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site, speakers in the General Assembly today used the occasion to reflect on why testing moratoria must be upheld, as they ...
The massacre of at least 47 people in Kenscoff, including children and civilians killed while seeking refuge in a church, lays bare the worsening brutality of Haiti’s gang crisis, the Security Council heard today, as speakers urged the rapid ...
Meeting 13 years after a deadly chemical-weapons attack was perpetrated by the former regime in the outskirts of Damascus, the Security Council today heard that, despite progress in overcoming Syria’s old challenges, the international community ...
Gaza’s humanitarian situation is at "an absolute breaking point" ahead of winter, with 2 million people still trapped and families enduring the cold season in rubble and tents, the Security Council heard today.
Critical food systems — and the lives and livelihoods they sustain — are under attack around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council today, urging the UN’s flagship crisis management organ to break the vicious ...
Two anniversaries converged as the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Ukraine today — with that country marking both 35 years of independence and four-and-a-half years of invasion — as peace remains elusive amidst soaring civilian ...
Sudan’s escalating war has deepened one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and raised fresh fears of mass atrocities, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today, as members clashed over sanctions, external arms flows ...
In a day-long open debate centring on its working methods, the Security Council opened its doors to the wider UN membership for a discussion on how to improve the organ’s ability to maintain international peace and security on their behalf.
While Libya has made strides in advancing its ambitious political road map — aimed at unifying the country’s divided institutions and paving the way for elections — widespread electricity shortages, economic turmoil and security flareups are ...
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:
Irene Zubaida Khan is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression since 1 August 2020. She is the first woman to hold this position since the establishment of the mandate in 1993.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the occasion of the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, observed on 9 September:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Police Cooperation, observed on 7 September:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Robert Turner of Canada as Deputy Executive Director, Delivery and Partnerships of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, observed on 7 September:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 27 August 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entry below on its 1988 List of individuals and entities subject to the ...
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christina Markus Lassen (Denmark):
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, to the General Assembly, on the review of United Nations peace operations, in New York today: