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31/01/2022
The International Narcotics Control Board commences its 133rd session, assessing three fentanyl precursors and supporting Member States in preventing illicit drug manufacture
31/01/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the Lunar New Year
26/01/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Virtual Press Briefing on priorities and key events for 2022 of the Vienna-based UN organizations and agencies, Thursday 3 February 2022 at 11 a.m.
26/01/2022
Romania takes over ICPDR Presidency from Montenegro for 2022
26/01/2022
The Secretary-General: Message Calling for the Observance of the Olympic Truce for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
25/01/2022
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom presents credentials
25/01/2022
Permanent Representative of Mongolia presents credentials
25/01/2022
UNOOSA and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre announce opportunity for satellite payload hosting
25/01/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
21/01/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Education
04/01/2022
Georgia ratifies the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
28/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks to the General Assembly - Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
28/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks at the Opening of the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council
28/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks to Press Conference - Launch of IPCC Report
24/02/2022
Statement by the Secretary-General – on Ukraine
23/02/2022
Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter following the Security Council meeting on Ukraine
22/02/2022
New Permanent Representative of Indonesia presents credentials
22/02/2022
Media Advisory: Press Conference on World Wildlife Day: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”
22/02/2022
New Permanent Representative of Romania presents credentials
22/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks at Press Encounter
16/02/2022
Winners of 6th round of KiboCUBE selected to deploy CubeSats from the International Space Station
10/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
08/02/2022
ICPDR Contracting Parties renew their commitment towards cleaner, healthier and safer waters in the Danube River Basin
07/02/2022
The International Narcotics Control Board recommends the international scheduling of three fentanyl precursors as 133rd session concludes
03/02/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
01/02/2022
Permanent Representative of the United States presents credentials
31/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Autism Awareness Day
31/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message on the Occasion of the Beginning of Ramadan
28/03/2022
Secretary-General’s press encounter on the war in Ukraine
25/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
24/03/2022
New Permanent Representative of Albania presents credentials
24/03/2022
Targeted by traffickers - Ukrainian refugees at high risk of exploitation
23/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message on World Meteorological Day
23/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
22/03/2022
World Water Day 2022: Celebrating the groundwater of our shared basin
22/03/2022
Secretary-General's remarks to press on the war in Ukraine
21/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Water Day
18/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Forests
17/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
16/03/2022
United Nations General Assembly elects new UNCITRAL Members
14/03/2022
65th session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs discusses implementation of drug policy commitments
10/03/2022
UN Office on Drugs and Crime marks first International Day of Women Judges with call to promote women in the criminal justice sector as agents of change
10/03/2022
New Permanent Representative of Barbados presents credentials
10/03/2022
International Narcotics Control Board warns of illicit financial flows undermining societies and link between exposure to social media and drug use
09/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Two Years On
09/03/2022
UNOOSA and EUSPA sign agreement to advance the understanding of and access to space benefits
08/03/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Office On Drugs and Crime marks first International Day of Women Judges with new Women in Justice/for Justice initiative
08/03/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 65th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
07/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message for International Women’s Day
04/03/2022
UN approves new statistical framework to measure and characterize femicide for more effective prevention measures
02/03/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Global launch of the International Narcotics Control Board Annual Report 2021
01/03/2022
Secretary-General's remarks to launch the flash appeal for Ukraine
01/03/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Wildlife Day
29/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message on World Press Freedom Day 2022
27/04/2022
New Permanent Representative of Portugal presents credentials
25/04/2022
New Permanent Representative of Peru presents credentials
22/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
22/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on International Mother Earth Day
20/04/2022
New Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic presents credentials
20/04/2022
New Permanent Representative of Brazil presents credentials
20/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks to the press on Easter appeal for Ukraine
13/04/2022
Op-ed by UN Secretary-General on Global Crisis Response Group - “The War in Ukraine: A Silent Assault on the Developing World”
06/04/2022
The Secretary-General: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
05/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Security Council Meeting on Ukraine
04/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message on the Launch of the Third IPCC Report
01/04/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
31/05/2022
Launch of UNCITRAL Days in Africa
30/05/2022
New Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania presents credentials
30/05/2022
25 years of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
30/05/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
27/05/2022
UNCITRAL - Francophone meeting in Accra successfully concludes discussions on the regulation of disputes between investors and States in Africa
27/05/2022
The Secretary-General: Video Message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
26/05/2022
Kazakhstan ratifies the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
26/05/2022
International Narcotics Control Board commences 134th session, renews President’s mandate and elects new Bureau Members
25/05/2022
INCB hears civil society’s views on trend towards legalizing cannabis for non-medical use
16/05/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia
16/05/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
16/05/2022
130 countries meet to advance policies and commitments on cybercrime, criminal justice, and crime prevention at 31st Crime Commission
16/05/2022
UNOOSA and European Space Agency open opportunity for hypergravity experiments in a ground-based centrifuge
13/05/2022
UN Scientific Committee Concludes 69th Session
11/05/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks at Joint Press Conference with the Federal Chancellor of Austria H.E. Karl Nehammer and the Foreign Minister H.E. Alexander Schallenberg
11/05/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks at Press Stakeout with the President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen
10/05/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
06/05/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to visit Austria
06/05/2022
China deposits declaration of territorial application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to Hong Kong SAR
05/05/2022
Turkmenistan accedes to the New York Convention and the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods
29/06/2022
New Permanent Representative of Somalia presents credentials
29/06/2022
Danube Day 2022: “Discover Danube!”
28/06/2022
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the conclusion of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
27/06/2022
UNODC World Drug Report 2022 highlights trends on cannabis post-legalization, environmental impacts of illicit drugs, and drug use among women and youth
27/06/2022
2022: The Year to Stop the Decline of the Ocean’s Health - Peter Thomson
24/06/2022
Statement by Jagjit Pavadia, President of the International Narcotics Control Board, for International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
23/06/2022
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Message on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022
23/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
23/06/2022
The World Is Burning. We Need A Renewables Revolution - António Guterres
21/06/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Briefing by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu on the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
21/06/2022
Secretary-General’s video message to the Opening of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
17/06/2022
Statement by the Secretary-General – on the passing of Yury Fedotov
17/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Refugee Day
17/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for Countering Hate Speech
17/06/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Briefing by the President of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
15/06/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Roundtable discussion and global launch of the 2022 World Drug Report
15/06/2022
First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
13/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the 100-Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace
09/06/2022
INCB President presents annual reports to Economic and Social Council, focusing on illicit financial flows related to drug trafficking and their impact on development and security
08/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Oceans Day
03/06/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Environment Day
29/07/2022
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Message on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
29/07/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
26/07/2022
Message to Media - World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2022
20/07/2022
UN Commission on International Trade Law concludes 55th Session in New York
20/07/2022
New Permanent Representative of Slovakia presents credentials
17/07/2022
UNSCEAR team to present and discuss latest report on public exposure and health implications findings from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident on four-day mission to Japan, 19 -22 July, 2022
15/07/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on Nelson Mandela International Day
14/07/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Youth Skills Day
12/07/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY - Tuesday 19 July, 11:30-12:30: Press Conference of the Chair of the 66th to 68th sessions Gillian Hirth and the Secretary Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
12/07/2022
The Philippines ratifies the UN Electronic Communications Convention
08/07/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Population Day
07/07/2022
Cascading global crises threaten human survival and the SDG roadmap is the way forward
04/07/2022
New Permanent Representative of Serbia presents credentials
04/07/2022
New Permanent Representative of Libya presents credentials
31/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for People of African Descent
29/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests
25/08/2022
New Permanent Representative of Kuwait presents credentials
24/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine
22/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
19/08/2022
Statement on International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
19/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Video message for the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
19/08/2022
Message on World Humanitarian Day
16/08/2022
New Permanent Representative of Iran presents credentials
16/08/2022
New Permanent Representative of Türkiye presents credentials
12/08/2022
Moldova deploys first satellite from International Space Station through KiboCUBE programme
11/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for International Youth Day
09/08/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
07/08/2022
Op-Ed: My Message from Hiroshima
03/08/2022
FIFA and UNODC wrap up year-long global programme to tackle match manipulation in football
01/08/2022
UNOOSA and Japan open fellowship opportunity to study nano-satellite development
30/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Non-Violence
28/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Norway presents credentials
28/09/2022
Permanent Representative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) presents credentials
28/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Republic of Moldova presents credentials
28/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the World Maritime Day
27/09/2022
Slovenia: UN expert to assess effects of environmental risks on human rights
27/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan presents credentials
27/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Zambia presents credentials
27/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Cyprus presents credentials
26/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message to the opening of the 66th regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency
26/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the World Tourism Day
23/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Luxembourg presents credentials
23/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
22/09/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conference in Geneva by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine on Friday
21/09/2022
UNOOSA and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre announce awardees of payload programme
20/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Address to the General Assembly
20/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Sudan presents credentials
20/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Monaco presents credentials
20/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Peace
19/09/2022
Permanent Representative of France presents credentials
16/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Chile presents credentials
16/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Denmark presents credentials
16/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Belgium presents credentials
16/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
14/09/2022
Permanent Representative of Nepal presents credentials
14/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Democracy
12/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
08/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day to Protect Education from Attack
08/09/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press briefing by UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
07/09/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
06/09/2022
UN Scientific Committee presents its findings to international conference on occupational radiation protection
01/09/2022
INCB Learning launches new e-module on adequate availability of controlled substances
31/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the World Cities Day
20/10/2022
New Permanent Representative of Republic of Korea presents credentials
20/10/2022
The Secretary-General: UN Day Message
14/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
14/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World Food Day
13/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
13/10/2022
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: a success story ready for completion
11/10/2022
New Permanent Representative of Estonia presents credentials
11/10/2022
New Permanent Representative of Kenya presents credentials
11/10/2022
Media Advisory: As new UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk prepares to take office, online background briefing on the UN human rights system
10/10/2022
The Secretary-General Message to the Tenth Annual International Day of the Girl Child
10/10/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Global conference to advance implementation of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)
10/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the World Mental Health Day
07/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for World Post Day
06/10/2022
Slovenia: More ambitious environmental action key to protect human rights, says UN expert
01/10/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Older Persons
30/11/2022
UNOOSA and Kenya Space Agency collaborate under Space Law for New Space Actors Project
29/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on World AIDS Day
29/11/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conference by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
28/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
24/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
23/11/2022
New Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan presents credentials
23/11/2022
Suriname accedes to Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
18/11/2022
International Narcotics Control Board concludes 135th session
18/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
17/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on Africa Industrialization Day
16/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the World Toilet Day
15/11/2022
Eight billion people; one humanity. - Op-Ed by António Guterres
14/11/2022
UNOOSA and partners open next round of applications for microgravity experiments at the Bremen drop tower
10/11/2022
UNOOSA and United Kingdom release report on global space-related climate action efforts
07/11/2022
UN Office on Drugs and Crime participates in 27th UN climate change conference, addressing waste trafficking and environmental crime-biodiversity-climate nexus
03/11/2022
INCB begins its 135th session supporting Member States to improve availability of controlled substances for licit purposes
01/11/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
01/11/2022
Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UNODC survey
29/12/2022
The Secretary-General: New Year’s Message 2023
23/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
22/12/2022
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and United Kingdom strengthen cooperation on space sustainability
20/12/2022
UNCITRAL holds conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
19/12/2022
New Permanent Representative of Thailand presents credentials
16/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message for International Migrants Day
15/12/2022
New partnership between UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, UN Development Programme and Brazilian Space Agency
13/12/2022
Tuvalu accedes to the UN Electronic Communications Convention
09/12/2022
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Statement on International Day Against Corruption
08/12/2022
General Assembly adopts three draft resolutions pertaining to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
08/12/2022
General Assembly adopts the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
08/12/2022
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ceremony of 10th Award (2022) of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water
08/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on Human Rights Day
07/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
02/12/2022
“Humanitarian crises and global conflicts are increasing human trafficking” says leading UN Forum
02/12/2022
New Permanent Representative of Honduras presents credentials
02/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
02/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
01/12/2022
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and United Kingdom launch new partnership on Registering Space Objects
01/12/2022
The Secretary-General: Message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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