The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Melati Wijsen got plastic banned in Bali by the age of 14 — now she’s inspiring a new generation of teen activists across the world. Katie Strick meets her

The ISIS group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than a year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria, even as people of northern Syria have been digging out of the wreckage from the region’s devastating earthquake. The bloodshed was a reminder…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is at its “most combustible in years” against a backdrop of deadly accelerating surges of violence, “sky high” tensions, and a stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. “Our immediate priority must be to prevent further escalation, reduce…

UN health agency says one woman dies every two minutes during pregnancy or childbirth mostly from treatable conditions.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine Wednesday as the General Assembly met in a special session two days before the anniversary of Moscow's attack. "That invasion is an affront to our collective conscience," Guterres said, calling the anniversary "a grim milestone for the people of Ukraine…

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska has given a video tour of human rights violations in the country following Russia’s invasion almost a year ago

Six countries oppose move to isolate Russia and 32 abstain

Global south countries including China, South Africa and India expected to abstain

Putin says relations between the two countries have reached ‘new frontiers’, confirming a summit with Xi Jinping.