How LGBTIQ+ communities are bridging divides in Cyprus and Kosovo

For the UN peacekeeping missions in Kosovo and Cyprus, advancing the rights of LGBTIQ+ people has become not only a human rights imperative, but a concrete strategy for building trust.

UN Stamps focus on glacier preservation

The UN Postal Administration has issued a special event sheet to highlight the importance of glacier preservation.

Learn more about the International Day of Yoga

“Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”

Member State military and police meet on peacekeeping training

The Military and Police Advisory Committee, composed of Member State military and police capacities, recently convened on technology and the United Nations C4ISR Academy for Peace Operations.

UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments

Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close.

Support evidence-based decision-making on plastic pollution

“We invite you to sign up for the Global Plastics Hub today by registering yourself, to be part of shaping the solution, and take collective action to beat plastic pollution.”

Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly

"I see the diversity of the General Assembly as our strength. This is the place where all nations come together and every country has a seat and a voice," says the former German foreign minister.

UN calls for release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen

As June marks a year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of UN, NGO, civil society, and diplomatic mission personnel by the Houthi de facto authorities, Guterres called for their release.

Oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide?

“We hope the conference will inspire unprecedented ambition, innovative partnerships, and maybe a healthy competition,” said Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.

The Pact for the Future in the Mediterranean space

The implementation of the Pact for the Future was the theme for a special session of the Secretaries General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.