On 20 March 2025, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held a panel discussion entitled “Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which focused on ...

Item 1 of 7 The results of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on a draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, are ...

The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging all Member States to “utilize effectively” the mechanisms for ...

The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate. Its clout on the world stage is diminished.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was invited to speak at the United Nations even though the territories were not a U.N. member nation. Arafat told diplomats in the General Assembly chamber, “Today, I ...

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday encouraging all member states to utilize mechanisms for the ...

Supported by France's imminent recognition of Palestinian statehood, UN members meet next week to breathe life into the push ...

Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel investigators The post Three members of UN commission investigating Israel resign amid ...

In a powerful gesture marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, the original copy of the UN Charter has been transferred on loan from the U.S. National Archives and Records ...

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26, 1945, when the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.