The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Learn how the NYPD ensured security during the United Nations General Assembly in NYC with over 130 world dignitaries in attendance.

UN expresses opposition to Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, citing potential devastating impact and hindrance to peace efforts.

The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist has said that she has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says the top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was one of its employees but had no function as he was placed on administrative leave since March

Maximina Juson's documentary describes how the Electoral College works and how it brought us to January 6

Nearly a year of devastating war has left Gaza's 2.4 million people enduring a humanitarian tragedy, with children in the besieged territory the most vulnerable, a UNICEF official told AFP in an interview.

The UN Security Council extended on Monday its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission, as floated by Port-au-Prince.

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission

Azerbaijan is hosting the next UN climate summit, Cop29, in November. Their proposed agenda omits discussions on phasing out fossil fuels and excludes civil society participation. This is not a surprise. Azerbaijan has recently increased oil and gas production, and aims to diversify its economy by expanding mining.

Rival Lebanese parties may exploit Hezbollah’s weakness as the group struggles to survive a war against Israel.

Labor government has undermined case to co-host 2026 UN climate summit with island nations, Dr Maina Talia declares