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 ...

Mr. Prime Minister, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, As salaam alaikum. I thank Prime Minister al-Sudani and the Government and people of Iraq for your warm welcome. Iraq’s contributions to ...

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.

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life caused by severe flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. More than 1,000 people have reportedly ...

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 ...

Excellencies, It is an honour to address you today, and to visit Angola so close to the 50th anniversary of the independence.As President Antonio Costa mentioned, it is true that I had the privilege ...