The UN Security Council (UNSC), the organization’s principal crisis-management body, is empowered to impose binding obligations on all 193 UN member states to maintain international peace and security ...

In 2015, the seventieth UN General Assembly adopted an ambitious set of development goals for improving economic, environmental, and social conditions worldwide by 2030. The seventeen Sustainable ...

NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly passed more resolutions critical of Israel than against all other nations combined in 2022, contributing to what observers call an ongoing lopsided focus ...

The United Nations and aid groups warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in the Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, were at risk of collapse if Israel does not lift impediments that ...

One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) is a network of 27 UN entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN ...

Owen Greene has worked as a policy and programme advisor and consultant with the UN, UN agencies, European Union, the African Union, ECOWAS, Arab League, numerous governments and bilateral assistance ...

Aiming to create a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, thus strengthening peace, democracy and sustainable development worldwide, the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of ...

In Africa, foreign military interventions are in the spotlight for failing to end conflicts at the continent's hot spots. Both internal and external political interests are contributing factors.

The UN Security Council on Monday asked its membership committee to review the Palestinian Authority’s application to be made a full member state of the United Nations. The PA is currently a ...

A Haitian woman was selling charcoal on the empty edges of her small town when a white, uniformed United Nations peacekeeper offered her a lift in his marked vehicle. He raped her shortly after she ...