MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Past nuclear tests cast a long shadow over the General Assembly Hall as the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered its third day, with delegations grappling with the ...
With nuclear disarmament, deterrence and non-proliferation machinery stalled or imperilled, delegations today warned that the threat posed to humanity is not abstract but “real, present and growing”, as the eleventh Review Conference of the ...
With some delegates differing on what constitutes disinformation and misinformation, and how best to tackle it, today’s discussion in the Committee on Information illustrated the polarization and complexity that mark this problem.
Amid a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza, punctuated by airstrikes and shelling, as well as soaring humanitarian needs, the Security Council today heard updates on what a transitional governance structure and reconstruction efforts would resemble in the ...
With humanity living under the shadow of potential nuclear Armageddon, United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today called on States to “breathe life” back into the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, stressing the ...
The Security Council today heard urgent calls to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres warning that disruptions since early March have “struck” at global energy security, food ...
The United Nations must continue to provide trusted, accurate information about the world — and be perceived as doing so — the Committee on Information heard today, as it opened its 2026 session in a “toxic” information environment fraught with ...
A draft resolution concerning a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS took a recorded vote today in the General Assembly, as delegates disagreed on its organizational arrangements, including the participation of key populations affected by this issue ...
The Economic and Social Council’s Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up concluded today with Member States reaffirming the 2025 Sevilla Commitment as the renewed global framework for financing sustainable development and for closing the ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Arnhild Spence of Norway as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the host Government’s approval. She took up her post on 1 September 2025.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Denise Brown of Canada as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sudan, with the host Government’s approval, effective 1 September 2025.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Gaurav Ray of Australia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bhutan, with the host Government’s approval, effective on 8 November 2025.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mamadou Kane of Mauritania as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Micronesia, with the host Government’s approval.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bruno Georges Lemarquis of France as his new Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and ...
On 28 April 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entries below on its 1988 list of individuals and entities subject to the ...
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on World Press Freedom Day, observed 3 May:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the twelfth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, in Addis Ababa today:
On 28 April 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
