During a dramatic emergency UN Security Council meeting on Syria, the Russian UN ambassador announced that the fighting has ended in eastern Aleppo and that the Syrian government was back in control.
UN Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres vowed here Monday to reform the UN system to better support global efforts to maintain world peace, promote development and combat climate change.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is to make a final push for United Nations reform in New York in the final days of New Zealand's two-year stint on the Security Council.
The United Nations is "deeply concerned about the safety, protection and well-being of civilians" in Syria's Aleppo, particularly those still trapped in the besieged enclave of eastern Aleppo, including humanitarian workers, a UN spokesman told reporters here Wednesday.
Ever since the restoration of the lawful seat of the People's Republic of China at the United Nations in 1971, the country has pledged to be -- and in fact has always been -- a staunch supporter, defender and participant of the UN cause.
The conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has sent Rohingya Muslims fleeing across the border to Bangladesh amid allegations of abuses by security forces
New satellite images of DPRK prison camps have been released, showing the continued existence of political prison camps described by the United Nations as being used to perpetrate “unspeakable atrocities”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met United Nations Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres in Beijing on Monday, vowing stronger cooperation with the UN and firm support for its work.
UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is arriving Sunday in the capital Damascus for a brief meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem.
Russia on Thursday (Nov 4) criticised UN chief Ban Ki Moon's decision to fire a Kenyan peacekeeping commander in South Sudan as premature, saying the mission there was now "in ruins" after Kenya vowed to withdraw all its troops in response to the move.
The Japanese government said Tuesday that it will send a new batch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to South Sudan in late November after extending the SDF participation in a UN peacekeeping mission by five months through March.
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) reported that heavy rains over the past few days have worsened conditions in areas already affected by Hurricane Matthew, increasing the challenges to humanitarian aid distribution in the small island country, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Monday.
Marking the United Nations Day which falls on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for worldwide support for the organization to continue its mission of peace, sustainable development and human rights.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on Friday that fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, are using civilians as human shields.
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday appointed Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as next UN secretary-general to succeed retiring Ban Ki-moon whose term expires at the end of this year.
The UN General Assembly is scheduled to appoint Antonio Guterres as next UN Secretary-General on Thursday to replace the retiring Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 1, 2017.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the launch of a nearly 120-million-U.S. dollar appeal to fund United Nations aid activities in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, where more than 1,000 people were reportedly killed.
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