La Asamblea General de la ONU adoptó hoy la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, un plan de acción a favor de las personas, el planeta y la prosperidad, que también tiene la intención de ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by reports that at least 30 civilians were killed, with many others injured, in a drone strike on the town of Katila in South Darfur State on 8 December.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Ganesh Kumar Shrestha of Nepal as his new Force Commander in the United Nations Interim Security ...

Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, ...

Today’s dialogue on the dangers and complexities of reporting from the Occupied Palestinian Territory holds tragic relevance. Journalists in Gaza have been facing the same risks and realities as the ...

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the unfolding events in Guinea-Bissau. He strongly condemns the coup d’état perpetrated by elements of the military and any attempt to violate ...

I thank President Lula da Silva, COP 30 President André Corrêa do Lago and his team, the Government of Brazil, the people of Belém, and the UNFCCC Secretariat for their hospitality and tireless ...

The adoption of the resolution on Gaza by the Security Council is an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire, which the Secretary-General encourages all parties to abide by. It is ...

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today's large-scale missile and drone strikes by the Russian Federation on several Ukrainian regions, reportedly killing at least six people in the capital Kyiv ...