Life around the world has been feeling the effects of climate change, land degradation, deforestation, pollution and the ...

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the "alarming violence" used in Iran against ...

So far, about 30 countries ranging from Bulgaria to Belarus have signed on to the board that critics say is a Trumpian bid to ...

Brazil's President Lula accused Donald Trump of trying to create a US-controlled alternative to the United Nations after ...

President Donald Trump was joined by a small number of world leaders on Thursday as he signed the charter of his "Board of ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief urged the Trump administration on Friday to ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday that 626 people have been released from ...

Established in 1945 under the UN Charter, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was designed to ensure that peace and security would be backed by economic stability, social progress and ...

The UN children's agency (UNICEF) told AFP on Friday that it was able to bring recreational supplies including notebooks, ...

The repressive Taliban government is suspicious of the internet. But a start-up in the country is building blockchain-based ...

China's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva elaborated on China's position and voiced three ...

“The presence of UNMISS gave people confidence,” Bandaisa said. “They conducted night patrols, armed groups feared them, and ...