MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
While successful legislative elections in Kosovo at the close of 2025 featured broad participation, the Security Council today heard that challenges for minority communities there remain, as members discussed the future of the United Nations’ ...
The Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in 17 of its subsidiary and other related bodies today, through secret ballot elections, nominations, appointments and by acclamation.
Amid record levels of humanitarian workers and United Nations personnel killed in armed conflict, the Security Council today explored ways to strengthen protection, with a briefer warning that their “extraordinary courage and dedication” do not ...
The Security Council today rejected a draft resolution submitted by several Gulf States that would have strongly encouraged countries to coordinate defensive efforts and deter attempts to interfere with international navigation through the ...
Unable to adopt the agenda of its substantive session, the Disarmament Commission decided to suspend the remainder of its opening meeting until tomorrow afternoon.
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 ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
On 24 March 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to consider the final report of its Panel of Experts, submitted pursuant to paragraph 23 of resolution ...
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, translated from French, for the Normandy for Peace Forum “In a world in turmoil, what hope is there for peace?”, in Caen today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the United Nations Foundation’s “We the Peoples” Global Leadership Awards Dinner, in New York today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 27 March 2026, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti held informal consultations to discuss the Panel of Experts’ programme of work and interim report, submitted in pursuance ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the ninth Buddhist Summit in Hyogo, Japan, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the One Health Summit, in Lyon, France, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray, to the General Assembly on the thirty-second commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the ...