MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Complementing a morning meeting held today on collaboration between the United Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Security Council met again in the afternoon to underline the importance of similar cooperation with the League of Arab ...
The Security Council today encouraged collaboration between the United Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to address “shared challenges, such as maritime security, preventing and countering terrorism, and responding to food and water ...
The General Assembly today adopted a much-anticipated resolution formally launching a process to review the backlog of thousands of existing UN mandates, while setting out guidelines for the more streamlined, concise and data-driven creation of ...
Destruction, displacement and widespread panic have returned to Lebanon, senior United Nations officials in the region detailed today, as the Security Council convened an emergency meeting following the deaths of three peacekeepers and delegates ...
The world must think beyond traditional indicators and reimagine a global economic architecture no longer stacked against developing countries, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as experts called for systems that reflect every nation ...
Despite weeks of negotiations, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its five-week session without agreement on urgent measures to confront a deepening liquidity crisis that now threatens the United Nations ability to ...
International taxation must keep pace with a world in which economic activity is not tied to physical location, the Economic and Social Council heard today during a series of three panel discussions on international tax cooperation.
Despite ongoing mediation and a ceasefire agreed by warring factions, security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war-torn eastern region continues to deteriorate, the Security Council heard today, as delegates called for efforts to ...
The General Assembly today declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity as Member States debated the legal ramifications of such a declaration.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The new Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations, Michel Orlando Kerpens, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to Be Philanthropy 2026, in Brussels today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the briefing with Member States on the recalibration of the Resident Coordinator System, today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Jamal Fares Alrowaiei (Bahrain):
The Secretary-General arrived in Belgium on the morning of Wednesday, 18 March to participate in an informal discussion with members of the European Council.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Stephen Jackson of Ireland as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, with the host Government’s approval.
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres appointed Shalini Bahuguna of India as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Papua New Guinea, with the host Government’s approval.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Garry Conille of Haiti as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya, with the host Government’s approval. He takes up his post today, 1 April.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Mari Yamashita of Japan as his Senior Representative for the Implementation of Security Council resolution 2792 (2025).