There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

Facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, the United Nations has been forced to shed jobs and start ...

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield discusses the future of multilateralism and U.S. commitments to reforming the United Nations Security Council to be more inclusive, representative, and legitimate.

The Philippines has a strong chance of gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), according to observers. Manila has renewed its bid, with its foreign secretary ...

The ongoing Israel-Iran conflict will be discussed in detail on Friday in the United Nations Security Council, after a request for the meeting was placed by Iran, with support from Russia, China ...

According to a statement released by UNAMA on Thursday, June 19, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, will brief the Security ...

Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the ...

Chillicothe — A new mural in the downtown is in the process for approval. A old-fashioned postcard-like print is planned for the west wall of the Chamber of Commerce at 45 East Main Street. It will be ...

The double standard “just shows how detached from reality this most important of human rights bodies is,” David Michaels, of B’nai B’rith, told JNS.The post UN Human Rights Council leaders ...

Jürg Lauber, the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations, used his privilege as president, for 2025, of the U.N. Human Rights Council to repeatedly chide experts addressing the council and tell them to ...

The clause is rarely used and allows the UN chief to independently initiate action by the 15-member body in response to a potential crisis. “Failure to act at this pivotal and perilous moment would ...

The UN will discuss the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, council president Guyana said. Diplomatic sources say Russia, China, Pakistan, and Algeria have backed Iran’s call.