In a world of new challenges, ‘we need to build on what unites us’, Assembly President tells UN Member States |
“This year, we heard from 190 speakers, including 76 Heads of State, 50 Heads of Government, four Vice-Presidents, five Deputy Prime…
Security Council urged to act in face of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Haiti |
Meanwhile, political stakeholders are still struggling to find common ground and define a path to elections against this backdrop, she…
Ukraine: UN and partners ramp up assistance to over 150,000 in Kharkiv region |
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, was in Kharkiv on Monday, and aid workers had begun making life-saving…
Russia school shooting: Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by attack which left 15 dead |
According to news reports, the gunman who was known to authorities and was a former pupil at the school Number…
DPRK lashes out against international system governed by ‘exclusive Western values’ |
“The present reality urgently calls for the UN to promote more than ever before cooperation and reconciliation, and unity and…
‘The war on Syria has failed,’ Foreign Minister says in UN speech, denouncing the West’s hegemonic ambitions |
In his address to the last day of the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Mr. Mekdad stated that hegemonic…
Today’s crises highlight need for more multilateralism, stronger UN, says Canada’s Foreign Minister |
“These crises and the way we choose to respond to them are testing our shared commitment to the United Nations.…
South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts |
Women and girls continue to be gang-raped and survivors have been described as “zombies, physically and emotionally dead”, according to…
ILO welcomes first global agreement on professional footballers’ rights |
“Free, independent, strong and representative employers’ and workers’ organizations, together with trust, commitment and respect by the governments for the…
UN chief calls for an end to ‘nuclear blackmail’ and risk of ‘humanitarian Armageddon’ |
The UN chief was speaking at an event to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons,…