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Meetings Coverage
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
26 January 2018
General Assembly Designates 7 April International Day of Reflection on 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, Amending Title of Annual Observance
The General Assembly adopted a decision today designating 7 April as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, recalling also that Hutu and others who...
25 January 2018
Create Conditions for Resumed Talks, Special Coordinator Urges Security Council Ahead of Day-Long Debate on Middle East Peace Process
Twenty-five years after the historic Oslo Accords, the United Nations had fallen into a pattern of managing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rather than resolving it, the Special Coordinator for the...
24 January 2018
Cessation of Hostilities Agreement Violations Persist in South Sudan, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council
The Security Council met today to discuss the situation in South Sudan, with members pointing out that while progress had been made with the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement, there had...
24 January 2018
Military, Political Strategy Vital to Addressing Terrorist Threat in Somalia, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Following the worst improvised explosive device attack ever carried out, defeating terrorism in Somalia would require the use of both “carrots and sticks”, the Security Council heard today, as...
23 January 2018
Security Council Members Voice Concern over Chemical Weapons Use in Syria, Call for Development of New Investigative Mechanism
Amid reports of a chemical weapons attack carried out in eastern Ghouta in Syria on 22 January, the Security Council met today to condemn the continued use of those weapons, and urged unity in order...
23 January 2018
Amid Growing Insecurity, Parties to Mali Peace Accord Must Increase Efforts towards Restoring Stability, Peacekeeping Chief Tells Security Council
With the security situation in Mali taking a turn for the worse, and elections set to take place in April, the United Nations’ top peacekeeping official told the Security Council today that parties...
Press Releases
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
29 January 2018
Headquarters to Host Meeting of Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf from 29 January to 16 March
NEW YORK, 29 January (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its forty-sixth session from 29 January to 16 March 2018. ...
29 January 2018
Secretary-General, at High-level Event, Outlines ‘Moral Obligation to Do Better’ in Reducing Humanitarian Needs, Optimizing Resources for Pursuing Common Goals
Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level event on the “New Way of Working,” in Addis Ababa today:
29 January 2018
Safety Nets, Policies for Ensuring Fair Globalization Required to Protect World’s Neediest, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Commission for Social Development
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development, in New York today:
28 January 2018
Addressing African Union Assembly, Secretary-General Outlines Areas for Greater Partnership, Stressing ‘We Can and Will Do More’ with Continent in Lead
Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ address to the Opening Ceremony of the thirtieth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Addis Ababa today:
27 January 2018
Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Attack on Peacekeeper in Democratic Republic of Congo
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
27 January 2018
Challenge of Tackling Terrorism Threat Can Be Achieved through Solidarity, Secretary-General Tells African Union Peace and Security Council
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the African Union Peace and Security Council’s meeting on combating the transnational threat of terrorism in Africa, in Addis Ababa...