The remaining 14 council members voted in favor of the draft resolution. Israel has rejected calls for an unconditional or permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas cannot stay in Gaza.

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won't be able to drink all it ...

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a series of resolutions on Harmony with Nature, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued an advisory opinion stating that environmental ...

Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, lauds China's "socially profitable" model as "a good example" for degraded lands globally.

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s global allies Russia, China, and Pakistan Sunday circulated a joint draft ...

The draft also insists on the "immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions" on humanitarian relief and urges its secure and unhindered delivery "at scale" across the besieged region.

The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and humanitarian aid, supported by 14 members. Critics, including China and the UK, condemned the veto as a barrier ...

A draft UN Resolution- A/HRC/57/L.1 titled "promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" was adopted without a vote during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United ...

VIENNA (AP) — Western nations are planning to table a resolution at a meeting of the U.N.’s nuclear agency that will find Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for ...

UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligations VIENNA (AP) — Western nations are planning to table a resolution at a meeting of the U.N.