MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
With debt‑service burdens in developing countries at a 20‑year high in 2024 and official development assistance (ODA) falling by 23 per cent in 2025, United Nations senior officials and ministers from Member States underscored the urgency of ...
The United Nations presence in South Sudan is both critical and constrained, the Security Council heard today, as speakers offered their visions for how the Organization’s peacekeeping mission should operate amid steep financial and operational ...
The Commission on Population and Development wrapped up its fifty-ninth session today after a week of wide-ranging debate on how technology, data and research can advance the ICPD Programme of Action — even as delegates again failed to agree on ...
As demographics shift around the world, some countries are learning how to manage rapidly ageing societies, while others are exploring the best ways to optimize their youth populations, the Commission on Population and Development heard today.
The General Assembly today heard explanations from China and the Russian Federation regarding their use of the veto on 7 April, when they rejected a Security Council draft resolution submitted by Gulf States aimed at securing freedom of ...
Amid a review of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Security Council heard today that the challenging conditions in which these missions carry out the UN’s core purpose of helping to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” ...
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, reaffirming that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme helps implement sanctions on conflict diamonds and encouraging the widest possible ...
Despite diplomatic progress aimed at ending the brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, senior officials today warned the Security Council that violence in the country’s east continues unabated — with millions of women and girls ...
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.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The new Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, Julius Pranevičius, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Ibrahim F. Jimoh, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations, Vepa Hajiyev, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening ceremony of the twenty-fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening session of the 2026 Economic and Social Council Forum on Financing for Development Follow-Up, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Spanish Language Day, observed on 23 April:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Mother Earth Day, “Our Power, Our Planet”, observed on 22 April:
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, in collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), is ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the International Court of Justice, in The Hague today: