MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Welcoming a comprehensive agreement reached between the Syrian Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces two weeks ago, UN experts and Council members encouraged that country to stay on the path of inclusive political transition, with full ...
The General Assembly today appointed 40 members recommended by the Secretary-General to the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI), following a request from the United States that the vote to do so be on the ...
Amid Yemen’s protracted, interlocking political, security and humanitarian crises, Security Council speakers today stressed the urgent need to relaunch an inclusive political process under United Nations auspices to achieve a negotiated ...
The Security Council today extended for 12 months the mandate of the team tasked with monitoring sanctions against the Taliban and its associated groups and individuals, as members disagreed over references to human rights and the situation of ...
The 2018 South Sudan peace agreement is at serious risk, raising fears that the world’s newest country could relapse into full-scale civil war, Security Council speakers warned today.
The Commission for Social Development concluded its sixty-fourth session today, approving several texts without a vote, despite differences among delegates, including about the definition of gender and the absence of certain terms relating to ...
Against the backdrop of budget cuts and a severe liquidity crisis, United Nations peace operations and their police contingents are making hard choices — often in very difficult conditions — to deliver on their mandates, the Security Council ...
Today, as the Commission for Social Development discussed priorities for transformative social development — as well as local innovations to realize them — much of the dialogue centred on the need to address informal labour.
The Commission for Social Development continued its sixty-fourth session today with a panel discussion on how resilient care and support systems can help eradicate poverty and safeguard dignity.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Second Italy-Africa Summit, in Addis Ababa today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the eighteenth annual leadership conference and award ceremony “Political Stability and Sustainable Development in Africa in an Increasingly Unstable Global System: A Road ...
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement upon the appointment of the members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the General Assembly, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the occasion of the beginning of Ramadan, observed on 17 February:
Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ message for the Lunar New Year, observed on 17 February:
On Thursday, 12 February, the United Nations will mark the fourth observance of the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism, under the theme “Preventing Violent Extremism in the Age of New and ...
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the sixth World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum, in Manama, Bahrain, today: