Events in the year 2023 in the United Nations.
Incumbents
Secretary-General: António Guterres (Portugal) Deputy Secretary-General: Amina J. Mohammed (Nigeria) General Assembly President: Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary) (until 5 September), Dennis Francis (Trinidad and Tobago) (after 5 September) Economic and Security Council President: Paula Narváez (Chile) Security Council Presidents: Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Russia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador (rotates monthly)
Events
March 4: The High Seas Treaty, which aims to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030, is finalized. March 17: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, marking the first arrest warrant against a leader of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. March 20: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change. March 30: The International Court of Justice rules that the United States violated its Treaty of Amity with Iran when it allowed its domestic courts to freeze assets held by Iranian companies. May 5: The World Health Organization ends its declaration of COVID-19 being a global health emergency, but continues to refer to it as a pandemic. May 11: The World Health Organization ends its declaration of mpox being a global health emergency. June 19: The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts the High Seas Treaty, the first treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters. June 30: The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to end MINUSMA, its peacekeeping mission in Mali.
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