Meetings coverage, press releases, press conferences, committees
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today took up the Secretary‑General’s request for $730.7 million to fund 38 special political missions in 2022, with several delegations renewing...
Delegates in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today demanded freedom from unsustainable debt financing terms, as they tackled a range of areas in which human rights must be at...
Emphasizing the need to bridge the technological divide between developed and developing countries in the peaceful uses of outer space, delegates called for more capacity‑building activities and...
As the Sixth Committee (Legal) concluded its debate on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction today, delegates wrestled with the challenging balance between State sovereignty — along...
While commending the flexibility with which the Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law responded to the COVID‑19 pandemic, speakers...
Laws that discriminate against minorities, people with disabilities and individuals affected by leprosy violate a range of human rights, at times relying on inaccurate and biased historical...
Warning that an “avalanche of crises”, including an uptick in military coups and armament races, is rapidly setting back the clock on women’s rights, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...
High-ranking United Nations officials outlined progress today on a range of issues, including the illicit trade in small arms, integrating gender perspectives into the mainstream, and the need to...
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Martin Kimani (Kenya):
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Peacebuilding Commission on “Our Common Agenda and the New Agenda for Peace”, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations Day concert, held today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Cities Day, observed on 31 October:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council open debate on women, peace and security, in New York today:
Following is the text of Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the joint high-level segment of the meetings of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in...
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s virtual lecture — “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Realizing Youth Aspirations in a Disrupted World” — as prepared for...
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Martin Kimani (Kenya):
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Finance in Common Summit, in Rome today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for United Nations Day, observed on 24 October:
