Headlines
  • According to US President Donald Trump, the United States is extending the cease-fire with Iran until Iran submits a proposal and talks conclude.
  • It has been decided to postpone Vice President JD Vance's trip to Islamabad for talks.
  • Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, hailed US President Donald Trump for accepting his country's request to extend the ceasefire.
  • US President Donald Trump said Iranian ports would remain blocked until Tehran presents a "unified proposal."
  • For the first time since a 10-day truce went into effect on Friday, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces on Tuesday "in response to the blatant and documented violations" by Israel.

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May 8, 2021

Permanent Representative of Lithuania Pays a...

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, Audra Plepyt (left), pays Secretary-General António Guterres a farewell call

May 7, 2021

The General Assembly Holds Informal Discussion...

Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives, the nominee for the position of President of the General Assembly for the seventy-sixth session, conducts an informal interactive dialogue with the General Assembly

May 5, 2021

For May, UN Secretary-General Meets...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN and the Security Council’s President

May 4, 2021

Information as a Public Good ...

UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General, Xing Qu, speaks at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) commemoration of World Press Freedom Day 2021. The year’s theme is “Information as a Public Good,” which serves as a reminder to value information as a public good and to investigate what can be done in the creation

April 30, 2021

High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance...

Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, speaks at the high-level collaborative discussion on antimicrobial resistance held by the United Nations General Assembly (AMR)

April 29, 2021

UN General Assembly Meets on Impact...

Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting on the impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets

April 28, 2021

UN Security Council Holds Open Debate...

Eva-Maria Lijmets, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia, addresses the open debate with United Nations Security Council members in connection with Protection of civilians in armed conflict: indispensable civilian objects

April 24, 2021

UN General Assembly Holds Interactive Multi-Stakeholder...

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the General Assembly interactive multi-stakeholder hearing held as part of the preparatory process for the 2021 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS

April 22, 2021

UN General Assembly Meets on Prevention...

Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, addresses the United Nations General Assembly meeting

April 20, 2021

Opening of UN Permanent Forum on...

Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the opening of 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

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