The Latest Breaking News from The United Nations

Many organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or members are women. Gender parity is desirable because training and retaining equal halves of a population’s available talent influences an organisation’s growth, problem-solving capacity and future-readiness.

Washington has long been Israel’s strongest military and diplomatic backer – but the relationship has evolved over time

The United Nations’ top court has ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture

Climate scientists have long said that eating more plants and fewer animals is among the simplest, cheapest and most readily available ways for people to reduce their impact on the environment