The Week Ahead at the United Nations

28 March – 3 April 2026               

(This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change)              

The Week Ahead is available online here: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/the-week-ahead-the-united-nations         

        
To find out which events will be webcast, see: https://webtv.un.org/en/schedule

        
You can also consult the Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit (MALU) Media Alert, the  UN Journal, the websites of the UN Security Council and the  General Assembly  to find the latest information.     

Saturday, 28 March  

In Tangier, Morocco, the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa: Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place from March 28 – April 3, 2026.

Sunday, 29 March 

There are no events scheduled for today.  

Monday, 30 March     

Today is International Day of Zero Waste.

At 10:00 a.m., ECOSOC will convene its first Special Meeting on Credit Ratings, in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event is supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

At noon, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General will hold a press briefing, broadcast live on UN Web TV.  

At 1:15 p.m., the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), together with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, will convene a roundtable on subsea cables as critical infrastructure, on the margins of the organizational session of the UN Global Mechanism on developments in the field of information and communication technologies.

In Geneva, the 61st session of the Human Rights Council will continue until 31 March. 

Tuesday, 31 March 

At noon, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General will hold a press briefing, broadcast live on UN Web TV. This will be followed by a briefing by the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

The noon briefing guests will be Kazumi Ogawa, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Paul Heslop, UNMAS Special Adviser to the Resident Coordinator and United Nations Country Team in Ukraine (both in-person) and Nick Pond, Chief of Mine Action Section for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) (virtual from Kabul). They will brief on the International Day and work going on in Ukraine and Afghanistan and beyond.

In Geneva, the UN Information Service will hold its bi-weekly briefing for journalists.    

Also in Geneva, at 9:30 a.m., there will be an end of mandate press briefing by the outgoing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini.

Today, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will launch the first two of a series of preliminary impact regional and country briefs on the socioeconomic impacts of the military escalation in the Middle East. The briefs will cover the human development impact on Arab States and Iran.

Wednesday, 1 April 

At 11:30 am, the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace will be commemorated in Conference Room 12 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event is co-organized by the Permanent Missions of the State of Qatar and Monaco, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and with the support of partners including UN Women and the Department of Global Communications (DGC).

At noon, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General will hold a press briefing, broadcast live on UN Web TV.

At 12:30 p.m., there will be a briefing by Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April.

Today, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will launch a new policy brief on Africa, examining the socioeconomic impact of the military escalation in the Middle East. The brief is the third in a UNDP series. It was produced jointly with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Thursday, 2 April

Today is World Autism Awareness Day.

At noon, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General will hold a press briefing, broadcast live on UN Web TV. 

Today, the noon briefing guest will be Edem Wosornu, the Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), who will brief on the humanitarian situation in Haiti.

Friday, 3 April 

Today is an official holiday. UN headquarters will be closed.