The following lists events that happened with or in collaboration with the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

and its agencies in the year 2019.

Leadership

Secretary General of the United Nations The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-ge ...

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres ()

Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations is the deputy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, secretary-general of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities of the secretar ...

Amina Jane Mohammed ()

President of the General Assembly The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly. Election ...

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés ()

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, GCON OFR (born 7 December 1957) is a Nigerian diplomat, academic and political scientist who was the President of the United Nations General Assembly of 74th session from 17 September 2019 to 15 September 2020. He previou ...

() (As of 17 September 2019)

President of the Economic and Social Council

Inga Rhonda King ()

United Nations Agencies

Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Natalia Kanem ()

Secretary General of the
United Nations World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...
(UNWTO)

Zurab Pololikashvili ()

Secretary General of the
World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Internati ...
(WMO)

Petteri Taalas Jukka Petteri Taalas (born 3 July 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish meteorologist and Secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Appointed in 2015 by the World Meteorological Congress, ...

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United Nations Offices

Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS)

Heidi Mendoza Heidi Macaraan Lloce-Mendoza (born November 3, 1962) is a former Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight. A Filipino public official, Mendoza was commissioner and officer-in-charge of the Commission on Audit of ...

(

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

)

International Observances

International Years

International Year of Indigenous Languages The International Year of Indigenous Languages was a United Nations observance in 2019 that aimed to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between languag ...

* International Year of Moderation *

International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * International (Kevin Michael album), ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * International (New Order album), ' ...

International Decades

* United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) *

International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development" International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

(2018-2028) *

Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * High ...

(2018-2027) *

United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

(2016-2025) * Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016-2025) *

International Decade for People of African Descent The International Decade for People of African Descent, 2015–2024,

(2015-2024) * United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024) * Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) *

Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism The United Nations General Assembly designated the years 2011–2020 as the third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by ...

(2011-2020) *

United Nations Decade on Biodiversity United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

(2011-2020) * United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020)

Events

January

* 1 January: The United States and Israel formally withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

February

* 26 February:

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

co-host the third High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen raising $2.6 billion USD.

March

* 11 March - 23 March: 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women addressed the priority theme of "Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls."

April

* 11 April: The 100th Anniversary of the International Labor Organization was celebrated with day long events spanning four continents. * 22 April - 3 May: 18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York on the theme of "Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection."

May

* 6 May - 10 May: 14th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests * 30 May: Secretary General António Guterras is awarded the

Charlemagne Prize The Charlemagne Prize (german: Karlspreis; full name originally ''Internationaler Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen'', International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen, since 1988 ''Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen'', International Charlemagn ...

for his work as former Portuguese Prime Minister and with the United Nations.

June

* 7 June: The 2019 Security Council Elections saw

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Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, and

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...

elected to five non-permanent seats. Notably St. Vincent and the Grenadines sets a new record as the smallest ever Security Council seat holder. *21 June: The Centenary International Labor Conference adopted

ILO The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and ol ...

Convention 190 Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.

July

* 17 July: The

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

declares the 2019 Kivu Ebola Outbreak in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

August

* 26–28 August: The 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference takes place in

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

, Utah. The first US city to host the conference outside of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, New York. *28 August: Youth climate activist

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

arrives in New York City, United States for the United Nations Climate Action Summit after sailing across the Atlantic on the ''

Malizia II Gitana 16, her name when launched, is an IMOCA 60 monohull sailing yacht A sailing yacht (US ship prefixes SY or S/Y), is a leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion. A yacht may be a sail or power vessel used for pleas ...

.'' Greeted by 17 sailboats representing the

Sustainable Development Goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...

September

* 9–13 September: The 23rd General Assembly of

World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...

( UNWTO) in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia drawing over 1,300 high-level participants. It led to the adoption of the first ever Global Convention on Tourism Ethics and marks the first time electronic voting was introduced at a UNWTO General Assembly, replacing paper ballots. *17 September:

starts his term as President of the 74th session of the

General Assembly A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company. Specific examples of general assembly include: Churches * General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presby ...

. *24-25 September: The Third Extraordinary Congress of the

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...

convenes in Geneva Switzerland. It is only the third meeting of the 145 year old international body that serves postal service providers.

October

November

* 6 November: Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (

UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians displaced by the 1948 P ...

) resigned following an investigation by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services on the "misappropriation of operational funds." Secretary General Guterres appointed Christian Saunders, the agency’s acting deputy commissioner general, as officer-in-charge for the interim period. *12-14 November: The Nairobi Summit on the 25th anniversary of the

International Conference on Population and Development The United Nations coordinated an International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, on 5–13 September 1994. Its resulting Programme of Action is the steering document for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ...

gathers to mobilize the political will and financial commitments in the pursuit of sexual and reproductive health and rights. *20 November:

World Children's Day Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Sin ...

celebrates the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely adopted Human Rights treaty in the world.

December

* 2–13 December: The

2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP25, was the 25th United Nations Climate Change conference. It was held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019 under the presidency of the Chilean government. The conferenc ...

(COP25) is scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain under the presidency of Chile. It incorporates the 25th Conference of the Parties to the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

(UNFCCC), the 15th meeting of the parties for the

Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

(CMP15), and the second meeting of the parties for the

Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement (french: Accord de Paris), often referred to as the Paris Accords or the Paris Climate Accords, is an international treaty on climate change. Adopted in 2015, the agreement covers climate change mitigation, Climate change a ...

(CMA2). Various environmental pressure groups including the Extinction Rebellion, have scheduled protests outside the conference venue.

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