THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST U.N. MISSION

Already, the United Nations has tried to adapt in Mali... READ MORE›

LEFT-BEHIND EXPLOSIVES TAKING DEADLIER TOLL ON AFGHAN CHILDREN UN SAYS

The report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or Unama, said that overall civilian casualties had continued their steady increase in recent years... READ MORE›

BEHIND THE NEW UN CHIEF'S KIND WORDS FOR ISRAEL

Well, here's something fresh out of the United Nations On Friday, the new secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, had some nice words to say about Israel... READ MORE›

UN ENVOY NIKKI HALEY PLEDGES TO 'TAKE NAMES' OF THOSE WHO DON'T SUPPORT US

Trump, who had called on Barack Obama's administration to veto the resolution, warned that things will be different at the United Nations after he took office... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP'S CHOICE OF UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR, NIKKI HALEY, QUESTIONS US FUNDING OF UN AND BLASTS WORLD BODY OVER ISRAEL

Mrs Haley, who will turn 45 on the day of Mr Trump's inauguration, has been governor of South Carolina since January 2011... READ MORE›

ISRAEL TO CUT $6M FROM UN DUES IN PROTEST OVER SETTLEMENTS RESOLUTION

The president-elect has criticized Barack Obama's green light for the security council condemnation... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CALLS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF AN IDIOT

You there in the United Nations, you do not know diplomacy, Mr. Duterte said... READ MORE›

TRUMP PRESSES OBAMA OVER UN RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL

Trump Pressures Obama Over U.N. Resolution on Israeli Settlements... READ MORE›

U.N. WILL SEND MONITORS TO ALEPPO, AS EVACUATIONS RESUME

Aleppo was once the largest city in Syria and was its industrial hub before the war... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SET TO BLOCK U.N. FROM MONITORING ALEPPO EVACUATION

The resolution calls on the United Nations to carry out adequate, neutral monitoring and report to the Security Council on their findings... READ MORE›

MYANMAR CALLOUS TOWARD ANTI-ROHINGYA VIOLENCE UN SAYS

Myanmar a??Callousa?? Toward Anti-Rohingya Violence, U.N. Says... READ MORE›

RUSSIA BLOCKS UNITED NATIONS TRIBUTE TO BAN KI-MOON FOR PROMOTING LGBT RIGHTS

The 15-member council met to pay tribute to Ban, who will step down later this month... READ MORE›

WONDER WOMAN AXED AS UN AMBASSADOR AFTER PROTESTS

Wonder Woman's battle for equality for women and girls at the United Nations has come to a untimely end... READ MORE›

ANTONIO GUTERRES SWORN IN AS NEW UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

UN Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres was sworn in as the new secretary-general of the world body at an oath of office ceremony here on Monday... READ MORE›

ANTONIO GUTERRES SWORN IN AS U.N. CHIEF, VOWS GENDER PARITY, NIMBLE APPROACH

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as secretary-general of the United Nations, becoming the ninth U.N. chief in the body... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S TAIWAN CALL JUST STEP ONE OF A NEW ASIAN STRATEGY

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday congratulated Nana Akufo-Addo on his election as president of Ghana... READ MORE›

AGREEMENT REACHED AT MARRAKECH CLIMATE TALKS

As the United Nations' climate talks came to an end, countries pledged on Friday November 18 to move forward with the implementation of the Paris Agreement... READ MORE›

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SECURITY COUNCIL BACKS ANTA?NIO GUTERRES TO BE NEXT U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL

The Security Council announced that Mr. Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and former chief of the United Nations refugee agency, had strong support... READ MORE›

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

UN REVEALS ALARMINGLY HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

There is actually a great deal more attention being paid today to violence against women, said Charlotte Bunch, a feminist scholar who attended the Beijing conference... READ MORE›

ANTONIO GUTERRES SET TO BECOME NEXT UN CHIEF

Antonio guterres poised to become next un secretary general... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

INSPIRING IDEAS AND FAMOUS QUOTES TO CELEBRATE WORLD PEACE

Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means through dialogue, education, knowledge and through humane ways. Dalai Lama XIV... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL

Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES

In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›

NORWAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BAN DEFORESTATION

According to the United Nations, the production of palm oil, soy, beef and wood products contributed to a little less than half of total tropical deforestation... READ MORE›

60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS

Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE›

DROUGHT TAKES TERRIBLE TOLL IN ETHIOPIA

The Ethiopian government has set aside nearly ?130m to deal with the crisis but the UN says a further ?330m is needed... READ MORE›

RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE WHOEVER STRUCK AID CONVOY

The US has reached the preliminary conclusion that it was Russian warplanes that bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent... READ MORE›

UN SAYS AFGHAN TALIBANS REACH IS WIDEST SINCE 2001

All four of the United Nations provincial evacuations took place in northern Afghanistan... READ MORE›

EVERY 7 SECONDS A GIRL YOUNGER THAN 15 GETS MARRIED

Nordic countries sit at the top, while impoverished, fragile states such as the Central African Republic, Niger and Chad hold up the bottom... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

HOW AN AID CONVOY IN SYRIA

Before Red Cross and United Nations offices received the news that the convoy had been hit... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

PARIS CLIMATE DEAL PASSES MILESTONE AS 20 MORE NATIONS SIGN ON

If enough countries start implementing the Paris agreement, historians will see this as a watershed moment, said Erik Solheim, director of the United Nations environment program... READ MORE›

But travel restrictions imposed by the government in Kiev had also made it harder for civilians to escape conflict areas, the United Nations said... READ MORE›

American diplomats have repeatedly warned the Palestinians that joining the International Criminal Court would lead to congressional sanctions... READ MORE›

WITH PLAN TO WALK ACROSS DMZ WOMEN AIM FOR PEACE IN KOREA

It was the women who said enough to the atrocities in Liberia, peacefully resolving a civil conflict there more than a decade ago... READ MORE›

NUMBER OF SYRIAN REFUGEES CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION

This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation Antonio Guterres the United Nations high commissioner for refugees said in a statement... READ MORE›

STARVING SYRIANS ARE DENIED AID AMID POLITICAL JOCKEYING

Critics say the United Nations, eager to keep the Syrian government on board for peace talks with opposition groups, is either selling out or getting played... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 20,000 STRANDED AT UN BASE

Kaga Bandero has been hit by a barrage of attacks by armed groups since September... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

PALESTINIANSSEE VALIDATION OF UNILATERALPUSH FOR STATEHOOD

Responding to this statement, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, said, If the U... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›