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LEADERS NEEDED TO FIX GLOBAL 'MESS,' KOFI ANNAN SAYS
Honestly speaking, we are in a mess, Annan said in an interview ahead of Tuesday's climate talks in Paris... 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›
PORTUGAL'S ANTONIO GUTERRES SET TO BE UN SECRETARY GENERAL
Mr Guterres, who led the UN refugee agency for 10 years, will take over from Ban Ki-moon early next year... 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›
THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF OUTGOING U.N. CHIEF BAN KI-MOON
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is still a distant prospect as Ban exits... READ MORE›
ANTONIO GUTERRES CONFIRMED AS THE NEXT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Antonio Guterres, the 67-year-old former secretary of Socialist International and head of the UN's refugee agency, will succeed Ban Ki-moon on January 1... READ MORE›
LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CLIMATE FIGHT IS US HISTORY'S 'BIGGEST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY'
Without Ban's persistence, the world would never have made so much progress on climate change, culminating in the Paris agreement sealed in December 2015, DiCaprio said... READ MORE›
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION 'UNSTOPPABLE' DESPITE TRUMP
I am sure he will make a quick, wise decision, Ban said, saying that climate change was having severe impacts from the Arctic to Antarctica... 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›
'THREATENING IRAN IS USELESS': SUPREME LEADER'S ADVISER RESPONDS TO AMERICA'S 'NOTICE'
In an interview on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Moscow also considered Iran's missile tests to be in line with the JCPOA... 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›
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›
PM NARENDRA MODI LEADS THOUSANDS IN CELEBRATION
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led thousands in a mass yoga programme in the capital Delhi on the first ever International Yoga Day... 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›
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›
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›
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›
ALL NATIONS 'HAVE A STAKE' IN EBOLA
The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people across West Africa, including 2,200 in Liberia... 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›
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›
MAINE BID TO FORCE NURSE QUARANTINE
More than 13,700 people have been infected in total, the vast majority in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea... READ MORE›
US 'HOLDS RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE' FOR DEADLY AID ATTACK
The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
UN TO EXAMINE SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACKS
The UN has adopted a resolution aimed at identifying those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK CAN BE ENDED IN 2015
Ebola outbreak can be ended in 2015 un's ban ki-moon... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
China and the United States, respectively, account for about 24 percent and 14 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Resources Institute... READ MORE›
UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS
The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›
70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE
70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... 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›
SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS
In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›