MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (8 August) — As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries concluded today, world leaders highlighted the need for stronger international solidarity to support those countries’ structural ...
The security situation across the Sahel is deteriorating rapidly, threatening peace and security in West Africa’s coastal States and beyond, delegates warned the Security Council today, condemning the deliberate targeting and exploitation of ...
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (7 August) — Achieving sustainable development requires adequate financing and effective partnerships, speakers heard at the final round-table discussion at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing ...
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (7 August) — Amid calls from landlocked developing countries for more transportation infrastructure and transit corridors, one speaker at this morning’s round-table discussion at the Third Conference on Landlocked Developing ...
Amid an evolving and challenging international security landscape, speakers in the Security Council underscored the continued relevance of its Committee tasked with monitoring and supporting efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of ...
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (6 August) — “There are no natural disasters; all disasters are human-induced,” underscored an expert at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries today.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (6 August) — Speakers from around the world today emphasized that integrating landlocked developing countries into the global economy will benefit everyone, as the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing ...
Nothing can justify the starvation and disproportionate suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, delegates told the Security Council today, as they called for the immediate and unconditional release of the remaining hostages, who have been ...
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (5 August) — From climate-smart agriculture to ethical use of artificial intelligence, landlocked developing countries must harness science, technology and innovation as development tools, experts and ministers underscored at ...
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 announced today the appointment of Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson of Sweden as his new Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Resident ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the eleventh General Conference of Mayors for Peace, in Nagasaki today:
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Eloy Alfaro de Alba (Panama):
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, to the Peace Memorial ceremony on the eightieth anniversary of the atomic bombing ...
On 5 August 2025, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) enacted the amendments, specified with strikethrough and/or underline, in the entry below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks at the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Development Countries, in Awaza, Turkmenistan, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations Centre for Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan, in Almaty today:
The new Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, Laura Dupuy Lasserre, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Youth Day, observed on 12 August:
