New York, 22 September 2024 – World leaders today adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. This Pact is the culmination of an ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), announced ...

The Committee on Conferences was established on an experimental basis by the General Assembly in its resolution 2239 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and re-established in resolution 3351 (XXIX) of 18 ...

The UN’s 75th anniversary in 2020 arrived at a time of great upheaval and peril. If the world is to recover from COVID-19 and we are to deliver on our promises to future generations - to secure a ...

In 2025, a historic funding crisis is threatening to unravel decades of progress. HIV prevention services are severely disrupted. Community-led services, vital to reaching marginalized populations, ...

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This year, under the inspiring theme “Every Contribution Matters,” International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2025 takes on historic significance as it marks the official global launch of the International ...

As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities — and rising seas are erasing territories — one environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the ...

Accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals Home Evaluation of United Nations system coordination in the Sahel (2013-2025) ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Pekka Haavisto of Finland as his new Personal Envoy for Sudan.Mr. Haavisto succeeds Ramtane Lamamra of Algeria, to ...

[Opening Remarks below; Q&A to follow]Ladies and gentlemen of the media,Thank you very much for your presence.Justice is meant to be blind. But today, too many are choosing to turn a blind eye to ...

On 30 September, the Security Council authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led security support mission, amid escalating gang violence, widespread ...