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October 2026 (139)
- Lord Chancellor visits United Nations to promote British candidate to UN court
- ‘The Future of Sudan’s People Cannot Be Built on Impunity’, Third Committee Hears, as Experts Warn of Deadly Repression in Iran, Afghanistan
- Sixth Committee Debate on International Law Commission Report Highlights Work on Official Immunity
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- First Committee Approves 3 Draft Resolutions, 2 Decisions on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Outer Space is Vital in Tackling Disasters, Food Insecurity, Climate Change, Fourth Committee Says, Stressing the Need for Data Cooperation
- Decisions on Recruitment, Promotion Must Be ‘Transparent, Bias-Free’, Secretary-General Says in Anti-Racism Event
- Activities of Secretary-General in Armenia, 15-17 October
- General Assembly Adopts Resolution to Lift United States Embargo of Cuba
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- Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Holds Panel Discussion on Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Development
- Record heat-related deaths in 2023, WHO-partnered report finds
- Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon is weakening as climate change intensifies, UN warns
- DR Congo: WHO urges sustained efforts as Ebola cases top 10,000
- Ending conflict is ‘number one thing’ to reduce world hunger, new WFP chief says
- Protecting the storytellers: Women journalists on the frontline of conflict
- Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid trapped between drones and incarceration
- UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts
- Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low
- General Assembly, 28th Meeting (AM) 28 October 2026
- General Assembly, 28th Meeting (AM) 28 October 2026
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- First Committee Advances Broad Package of Nuclear Disarmament Texts
- With Conflicts Escalating Worldwide, Security Council Underscores Need to Protect Women, Girls, Include Them in Peace Negotiations
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Sixth Committee Discusses General Principles of Law, Official Immunity, Sea Level Rise as Consideration of International Law Commission Report Continues
- Twenty-Six Years after Landmark Resolution, Much Action Still Needed on Women, Peace and Security, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
- Myanmar’s Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 100,000, Third Committee Hears, as South Sudan’s Elections Risk Triggering War
- Peace cannot be sustainable while half the population is shut out of shaping it: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- Fourth Committee Opens Debate on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- Holding Debate over Iran Sanctions, Security Council Contests Expiry Status, Continuing Nuclear Programme
- United States-Cuba Clash Pauses General Assembly Debate as Member States Press for End to Embargo
- Security Council, 10254th Meeting (PM) Women, Peace and Security
- Secretary-General Appoints Gleb Desyatnikov of Russian Federation Assistant Secretary-General for Mine Action and Police
- Iran must allow the return of IAEA inspectors to all nuclear sites: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Holds Two Panel Discussions on the Role of Business in Realising the Right to Development, and on Access to Food and the Right to Development
- In Dialogue with Jamaica, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures to Combat Corruption, Raise Issues Concerning Fatal Police Shootings and Legislation on Homosexual Relations
- UK Human Rights Ambassador visits Tanzania ahead of UN review
- Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
- Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency
- General Assembly weighs US embargo against Cuba ahead of 34th vote
- Gaza: Families brace for fourth winter in tents as aid operations remain stymied
- Security Council LIVE: Women and girls face greater dangers in war
- Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
- World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear inspections, Kenya hosts thousands of Ethiopians fleeing clashes
- Security Council, 10253rd Meeting (AM) Iran/Non-proliferation
- Highlighting Continued Kuwaiti Missing Persons, Property, Security Council Underscores pressing Need to Identify Remaining
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- UN System ‘Sits Idle While We Fall into Hell’, Special Rapporteur Warns, as ‘Truth in Palestine Is under Attack’
- Sixth Committee Begins Weeks-Long Debate on Work of International Law Commission
- Security Council Marks 30 Years of Children and Armed Conflict Mandate amid Record Violations
- Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Three Entries on Its Sanctions List
- First Committee Debates Disarmament Machinery Deadlock, Frequency of Resolutions
- The United Kingdom remains committed to working with Iraq, Kuwait, and the Tripartite Commission to provide answers for families of missing loved ones: UK statement at the UN Security Council
- Underscoring Need for Security Council Reform, General Assembly Highlights Importance of Abolishing, Curtailing or Expanding Use of Veto
- Amid Unforeseeable Changes, Secretary-General Urges Youth to ‘Stay Together’ at Cairo University
- Secretary-General Notes Milestone as UN Somalia Mission Ends
- We must protect and build on 30 years of work supporting the protection of children in conflicts: UK statement at the UN Security Council
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- Security Council, 10252nd Meeting (PM) Iraq, Kuwait
- Secretary-General Spotlights Nordic Leadership in Message to Political Summit
- Addressing World Forum, Secretary-General Calls for Bridging Investment Divide
- Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Removes Three Entries from Its Sanctions List
- Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Opens Fourteenth Session, Begins General Debate
- Security Council LIVE: Children and war, ‘each one is a life’
- In Egypt, Guterres warns against Iran-US escalation
- Ebola: UN officials condemn killing of nurse in DR Congo
- Ukraine: Investigators find Russia committed war crimes by targeting civilians
- West Bank: Hebron crackdown displaces thousands, Türk warns of ethnic cleansing
- Women and girls’ share of civilian war deaths doubles since 2021
- World News in Brief: Ethiopians flee to Kenya amidst renewed conflict, new head of UN’s food programme, UN mission in Somalia concludes
- Statement from the Coalition on Atrocity Prevention and Justice for Sudan: one year on from the 26 October 2025 Atrocity in El Fasher
- Security Council, 10251st Meeting (AM) Children and Armed Conflict
- Apply to become Ambassador for a Day in Tunisia
- Why do planes keep circling before landing? The UN has a plan to fix it
- Women ‘first to suffer’ under siege, first to step up as frontline responders in Sudan
- Joint Press Release on the R4 Ministerial Meeting in Istanbul
- General Assembly Reaffirms Support for IAEA as Nuclear Safety, Proliferation Concerns Persist
- Discussing Implementation of UN Charter, Sixth Committee Touches on Sanctions, Peaceful Dispute Settlement
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Attack on Church Service in Jordan
- Security Council Press Statement on 19 October Drone Attacks in Abyei Area
- Weak Cyberspace Governance Can Undermine Peace, Security, First Committee Told, Calling for Responsible State Behaviors
- Mediation Can Turn ‘Possibility of Peace into a Lasting Reality’, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Istanbul Conference
- ‘Disability Inclusion Cannot Wait until a Conflict Ends’, Third Committee Hears, as Experts Warn of Barriers to Humanitarian Aid, AI Risks
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Holds Meeting with States, Launches General Recommendation on Dismantling Gender Stereotypes and the Unequal Power Relations that Sustain Them
- ‘Credibility and Effectiveness at Stake’, General Assembly Hears as Delegates Press for Comprehensive Security Council Reform
- Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Efforts by Cameroon to Combat Hate Speech, Raise Questions on Trials of Civilians by Military Courts and Tensions between French and English Speakers
- Yemen: Deepening concerns for Taiz City as aid is blocked from entering
- ‘Burden and loss’ builds in DR Congo, as Kenya strengthens Ebola containment
- Soil mapping aims to boost agricultural production in Kenya
- Sudan: Drone strikes killed at least 306 people in three weeks
- West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures after deadly Hebron attack
- World News in Brief: Iran nuclear inspections, deadly church attack in Jordan, El Fasher – one year on
- Blood brothers: WHO chief joins ENHYPEN to celebrate drive success
- UN marks 81 years of global cooperation
- General Assembly, 24th & 25th Meetings (AM & PM) 23 October 2026
- Sixth Committee Underlines Importance of UN Programme Designed to Build Legal Capacity
- Closure of Mandate 'Must Never Be Confused with Resolution of Human Rights Violations’, Third Committee Hears, as Experts Warn of Discrimination, Barriers to Health, Justice
- As 3D-Printed Weapons Test Conventional-Arms Control, First Committee Calls for Stronger Tracing
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Rwanda’s Decriminalisation of Defamation, Raise Questions on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and the Closure of Thousands of Places of Worship
- ‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres
- DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands
- Mothers get nearly eight times more paid leave than fathers – and women pay the price
- Nepal’s deadly glacier flood a ‘defining moment’ for the international community
- First human case of Shamonda virus reported in France as patient dies
- World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths
- General Assembly, 22nd & 23rd Meetings (AM & PM) 22 October 2026
- Sixth Committee Considers Potential Rules Governing Expulsion of Foreigners, Responsibility of International Organizations
- Underscoring Need for Funding to Bolster Radiation Scientific Committee, Fourth Committee Approves Draft Lauding Its Valuable Inputs
- Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
- Experts of the Human Rights Committee Praise Austria’s Efforts to Identify Victims of Trafficking, Raise Questions on Dealing with Extreme Heat and the High Proportion of Women in Part-Time Work
- Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back
- WHO supports Nigeria after first Ebola case confirmed
- Sudan conflict: Peace efforts resume to end ‘drone war’ fuelling humanitarian crisis
- UN agencies appeal for help to protect weakest from unprecedented El Niño
- Summit in Samarkand, a boon for child wellbeing and health
- Migrants paid up to $500 million in smuggling fees on European sea routes
- World News in Brief: Aid for Ethiopia, Abyei drone strikes condemned, extreme heat and newborn health
- ‘Ominous start’ to West Bank olive harvest amid settler attacks
- Fate unknown of many returned to DPR Korea from China: UN independent experts
- Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease
- ‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
- Bangladesh: UNICEF chief calls for an end to child marriage
- As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exit
- AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare
- Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’
- ‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza
- Haiti: Elections on hold as gangs adapt to security crackdown, Security Council hears
- Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk
- UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan
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- Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Session
- Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Cabo Verde on Parity Law, Raise Questions on Tackling Gender Stereotypes and the Situation of Women in the Informal Sector
- Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Applaud Angola’s Efforts to Extend Economic, Social and Recreational Opportunities to Women, Raise Questions on the Criminalisation of Abortion and Child Marriage
- Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Togo’s Novissi Programme, Raise Questions on Services for Women in the Savanes Region and the Criminalisation of Prostitution
- Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Paraguay on Policies Promoting the Economic Empowerment of Women, Raise Questions on Trafficking and Deletion of “Gender” from Educational Materials
- Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Paraguay, Togo and Angola