As the General Assembly took up a series of resolutions regarding humanitarian and disaster relief assistance, the annual omnibus text on strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance was withdrawn — after three decades of consensus adoption — as delegates expressed divisions about the role of the UN in humanitarian work, and what that work should include.
The General Assembly today adopted four resolutions on governance of the world’s oceans, with delegations starkly divided on whether to include references to sustainable development conferences in its annual omnibus resolution.
The General Assembly today underscored the vital role of oceans in global connectivity, sustainability and climate action, as it was presented several resolutions on the matter, with the 193-member body’s President highlighting that nearly all international internet traffic relies on undersea cables.
The General Assembly today adopted a total of 40 texts — half of them taking recorded votes — recommended by its Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), addressing the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories and assistance to Palestinian refugees, among other topics.
In a sharply divided vote today, the 193-member General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an end to the Russian Federation’s forced relocation of Ukrainian children, as it resumed its eleventh Emergency Special Session for the first time since February.
The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions, one concerning the occupied Syrian Golan and the other the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on the revised estimates, UN80, relating to the proposed programme budget for 2026 and the support account for 2025/26, in New York today:
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, rapid advances in weapons technologies, and the erosion of key arms-control agreements, the General Assembly today adopted more than 60 resolutions and decisions put forward by its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), including a new text addressing the risks of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the command, control and communications systems of nuclear weapons.
The 2025 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East will take place on Monday, 1 December, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in Conference Room 6.
The General Assembly today adopted two resolutions, the first marking 5 September as an international day for Indigenous women and girls and the second — considered concurrently with a similar text in the Security Council — concerning the annual review of United Nations peacebuilding.
