The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Dozens of global traditions are candidates for inscription as intangible global heritage by UNESCO this week, ranging from Italian opera singing and Bangladeshi rickshaw art to the Peruvian delicacy of ceviche.

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and unfulfilled, the declaration remains a milestone in human civilization as one of the earliest times the world came together…

Gaza’s water, soil and air have been devastated. And reconstruction will add to the carbon emissions.

The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, while in Dubai for U.N. climate talks

IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported

Head of UN agency said Israel is ‘repeating horrors from past weeks’. Plus, Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address US senators

The debate over the future of fossil fuels, the biggest cause of global warming, is the key battle at the Cop28 climate summit hosted by the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. As neighbouring Saudi Arabia – the world's biggest oil exporter – ruled out phasing down oil, gas and coal, and…

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has urged UN member states to intervene in the crisis in Gaza, accusing the international community of being "paralysed" in its reaction to the tragedy. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Francesca Albanese said she stands by her earlier comments, when the death…

This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here.

Coalition of climate NGOs highlights that there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined

Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years.