UN Bodies/General Assembly

Address Unequal Access to Water, Sanitation, Deputy Secretary-General Urges States, at General Assembly President’s High-Level Meeting

18 Mar

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the President of the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on the “Implementation of the Water-Related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda”, today:

Briefing General Assembly, Secretary-General Spotlights Progress in Implementing Call to Human Rights Action, Stressing ‘We Must All Join Forces to Deliver’

24 Feb

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the General Assembly on the call to action for human rights, today:

Secretary-General, at Event Commemorating 75th Anniversary of General Assembly’s First Meeting, Calls for Expanded Climate Action, Pandemic Response

10 Jan

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the virtual commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

Heeding COVID-19 ‘Wake-Up Call’, General Assembly Urges Collective Action to Tackle Global Crises, Marks Seventy-Fifth Year of United Nations

5 Jan

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a long shadow over what should have been a celebratory seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, forcing Member States to adopt unprecedented working methods as world leaders grappled with the far-reaching consequences of the worst global health crisis in a century on top of long-standing issues ranging from climate change and poverty eradication to human rights and arms control.

Cautiously Optimistic about COVID-19 Vaccine, Speakers in General Assembly Say Multilateral Approaches Key for Ensuring Unhindered, Equitable Distribution

14 Dec

Delegates struck a cautiously hopeful note as the General Assembly completed its special session dedicated to the COVID‑19 pandemic, while stressing the need for multilateral approaches to distributing vaccines and mitigating the pandemic’s wide-ranging fallout.

General Assembly Adopts Three Resolutions, One Designating World’s Seafarers, Other Maritime Personnel as Key Workers in Context of COVID-19 Pandemic

1 Dec

The General Assembly adopted three resolutions today, all without a vote, including one urging Member States to designate the world’s two million seafarers and other maritime personnel as key workers in the context of the COVID‑19 pandemic, as delegates also commemorated the 75 million people, most of them civilians, who lost their lives during the Second World War.

General Assembly: High-Level Meeting on Beijing+25

1 Oct

Note: A complete summary of today's General Assembly meetings will be made available after their conclusion.

General Assembly: Summit on Biodiversity

30 Sep

Note: A complete summary of today's General Assembly meetings will be made available after their conclusion.

National Calculations Omit Natural Resources, Secretary-General Tells Summit, Urging Governments to Consider Biodiversity When Making Financial Decisions

30 Sep

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the United Nations Biodiversity Summit, held today:

At ‘Defining Moment’ in History, World Has Duty to Reduce Injustice, Build More Caring Societies, Secretary-General Tells Annual Prayer Breakfast

15 Sep

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the virtual thirty-fifth International Prayer Breakfast, in recognition of the opening of the seventy-fifth United Nations General Assembly session, in New York today: