In a letter on Tuesday, the presidents of the UN General Assembly and Security Council invited member states to nominate ...

New UN rankings have redefined how city populations are measured—and it's shaken up the rankings. Here are the ten most populous cities in the world.

The United Nations leadership has launched a major reform plan to make the cash-strapped world body more efficient and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres set out his priorities for 2024 to the General Assembly in February UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, outlined ...

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 ...

?The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. The programme integrates qualified, highly motivated and well supported professionals ...

Discrimination is any unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person’s race, sex, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, language, social origin or ...

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.