The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the killing of a civilian staff member serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).On 15 December, Mr. Bol Rhoch Mayol Kuot, a ...

Letter from the President of the General Assembly on Schedule of Plenary Meetings of the General Assembly January 2026 ...

The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Twenty-Year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) opened today, marking two decades of shaping the digital world ...

Basketball was invented in 1891… using a soccer ball. The first games were very slow.  Each time someone scored, someone had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball because the baskets had no holes.

Home Briefing with Civil Society on UN80 Initiative by USG Guy Ryder | 15 December 2025 ...

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of ...

In a time when the noise of division grows louder — fueled by wars, conflicts, inequality, and fear — friendship feels almost radical in its simplicity. It doesn’t arrive with fanfare or policy; it ...

Getting ready for the special meeting. Photos: Jay Mandal (bottom left) and CTED 28 October 2022 - The special meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on countering ...

As exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic major infectious diseases and epidemics have devastating impacts on human lives, wreaking havoc on long-term social and economic ...

Join the United Nations Department of Global Communications during UNGA80 from 22-26 September and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs. Organized in ...

I am appalled by the reports of Palestinians killed and injured while seeking aid in Gaza yesterday. It is unacceptable that Palestinians are risking their lives for food. I call for an immediate and ...

The Secretary-General welcomes the Advisory Opinion issued today by the International Court of Justice, which reaffirmed several fundamental obligations of Israel under international law.