MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
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 ...
Conceived as a project of peace in the wake of the Second World War, the European Union today remains one of the United Nations’ staunchest and most important regional partners, senior officials from both organizations told the Security Council ...
While successful legislative elections in Kosovo at the close of 2025 featured broad participation, the Security Council today heard that challenges for minority communities there remain, as members discussed the future of the United Nations’ ...
The Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in 17 of its subsidiary and other related bodies today, through secret ballot elections, nominations, appointments and by acclamation.
Amid record levels of humanitarian workers and United Nations personnel killed in armed conflict, the Security Council today explored ways to strengthen protection, with a briefer warning that their “extraordinary courage and dedication” do not ...
The Security Council today rejected a draft resolution submitted by several Gulf States that would have strongly encouraged countries to coordinate defensive efforts and deter attempts to interfere with international navigation through the ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
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 ...
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, translated from French, for the Normandy for Peace Forum “In a world in turmoil, what hope is there for peace?”, in Caen today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the United Nations Foundation’s “We the Peoples” Global Leadership Awards Dinner, in New York today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: