MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The General Assembly decided today that the 2027 high-level meeting on universal health coverage will be convened under the theme, “Universal health coverage: accessible and affordable health for all by 2030”, adopting a modalities resolution ...
Following the collapse of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the region’s chaotic recent military escalations, the United Nations dedicated nuclear agency has “lost continuity of knowledge” about the Iranian nuclear programme it was once tasked with ...
The Security Council today repeatedly heard that there is no military solution for the war in Ukraine, as senior UN officials detailed escalating attacks on civilians, human rights violations and humanitarian restrictions.
Seventeen years after the United Nations recognized conflict-related sexual violence as a threat to international peace and security, the crime remains widespread, systematic and chronically underreported, the Security Council heard today, as ...
The General Assembly today resumed consideration of the United States’ decades-long economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, adopting an urgent proposal by Havana to re-open debate amid the “unprecedented actions of an extreme ...
Connect ideas with action, finance with innovation and national leadership with international solidarity, the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development heard as it opened its eight-day session today.
As conflicts proliferate and risks to civilians mount around the globe, embracing the “responsibility to protect” — an international norm aimed at preventing mass atrocity crimes, such as genocide — is more crucial today than ever before, the ...
In an emergency session following resumed confrontation between the United States and Iran, the Security Council today heard of the need to implement the peace deal recently reached between the two countries lest the situation spiral further.
A resolution concerning the latest review of the Organization’s counter-terrorism strategy took a vote in the General Assembly today, breaking a chain of consensus adoptions, with some delegates calling the text outdated and repetitive, while ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
On 6 July 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued its Implementation Assistance Notice (IAN) 8: “Guidance on the application of the exemption established by paragraph 14 of ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Civil Society Special Event on UN80 Initiative, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Earle Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, to the General Assembly on the Observance of the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in ...
On 8 July 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified ...
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by the Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Diene Keita, to the 2026 UN Population Award, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Youth Skills Day: “Skills for a Shared Future”, observed on 15 July:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for Nelson Mandela International Day, observed on 18 July:
On Thursday, 9 July, the United Nations will observe the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. The memorial ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to noon in the General Assembly Hall, United Nations ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as prepared for delivery by Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, to the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the eighteenth report of the Secretary-General on the responsibility ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the International Law Commission, in Geneva today:
