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US skips global UN meeting aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty
Co-hosts the U.N. and Spain believe the meeting is an opportunity to close the staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap to ...
UN halts investigation into rights abuses in eastern DRC due to lack of funding
Hit by a funding crisis, largely linked to a cut in the United States' contribution, United Nations High Commissioner for ...
‘Not something to celebrate’: As it turns 80 and faces dwindling global clout, can the UN survive？
Facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, the United Nations has been forced to shed jobs and start ...
Transcript: Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 29, 2025
The following is the transcript of an interview with former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, Pfizer board member and ...
U.S. ambassador to United Nations: 'The Iranian regime cannot have a nuclear weapon'
Ambassador Dorothy Shea defended the U.S. strikes on Iran at Sunday's U.N. Security Council meeting, saying that "the time ...
Ground Game: Senate Republicans in sprint on Trump’s big bill, US will skip UN meeting on poverty
This newsletter was originally sent out via email to our Ground Game subscribers on June 30. You can subscribe at any time at ...
What Is The Future Of UN Peacekeeping?
In May 2025, the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial took place in Berlin, gathering over 130 Member States and ...
As the United Nations turns 80, some key moments in its history
There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at ...
UN chief warns 80-year-old founding charter 'not an a la carte menu'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that the U.N. Charter was ...
As the UN turns 80, its crucial humanitarian aid work faces a clouded future
As the U.N. marks its 80th anniversary this month, its humanitarian agencies are facing one of the greatest crises in their ...
US skips global UN meeting aimed at raising trillions of dollars to combat poverty
Leaders of many of the world’s nations, but not the United States, gathered Monday in Spain to tackle the growing gap between ...
'Not Something To Celebrate': UN Faces Diminished Global Clout As It Turns 80
The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There's little to celebrate.