United Nations

UN Security Council says North Korea evades sanctions by using overseas companies

Fiona Keating Mar 04, 2017

UN estimates five million people in Somalia, roughly half of the population, are in need of aid.

Callum Paton Feb 28, 2017

South Korea warned UN that its communist neighbour has 'thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons'.

Isabelle Gerretsen Feb 28, 2017

Patricia Espinosa is encouraged by the 'transformation' of oil and gas companies in the US.

Oli Gamp Feb 25, 2017

President Juan Manuel Santos said mobilisation of all rebels from their jungle camps to UN zones completed.

Ananya Roy Feb 21, 2017

Fellow diplomats pay tribute to 'diplomatic maestro and deeply caring man'.

Brendan Cole Feb 21, 2017

The 64-year old has been an ambassador to the world body since 2006.

Rachel Middleton Feb 20, 2017

The famine comes as a result of a prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the East African nation.

Alex Wheeler Feb 20, 2017

Failings to ensure first peaceful transition of power in DRC could spark rise of insecurity and instability.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 17, 2017

António Guterres has vowed to make bureaucratic UN 'more nimble and effective'.

Tareq Haddad Feb 14, 2017

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 14, 2017

The UN says that 17.1 million people struggle to eat in the war-torn country.

Jasmine Andersson Feb 11, 2017

Women fear violence and abuse as they attempt to reach safety in Europe.

Lydia Smith Feb 11, 2017

The annual UN report on Afghanistan show civilian casualty at all-time high since Taliban demise in 2001.

Sofia Lotto Persio Feb 06, 2017

Human Rights Watch is the latest group to denounce violence committed against the marginalised Rohingya Muslims.

Sofia Lotto Persio Feb 06, 2017

Iran neither confirmed nor denied the launch, but said it would never use such a missile to target another country.

Nandini Krishnamoorthy Feb 01, 2017

The test comes within a week since President Donald Trump imposed a ban on people entering the US from Iran.

Ananya Roy Jan 31, 2017

Nikki Haley said the Trump administration was ready to 'fix anything that seems obsolete' within the United Nations.

Lara Rebello Jan 28, 2017

O'Brien urged UNSC members with influence to pressure the Syrian government to allow aid deliveries.

Divya Kishore Jan 27, 2017

A group of congressmen has submitted a bill that seeks to end US membership in the UN.

Graham Lanktree Jan 23, 2017

Incoming US President Donald Trump had threatened to pull out of the deal, calling climate concerns a "hoax".

Ananya Roy Jan 19, 2017

Xi Jinping told the UN this was not the time for isolationist policies.

Tareq Haddad Jan 19, 2017

Ban Ki-moon in the second bi-annual report said Tehran might have supplied weapons to Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah.

Divya Kishore Jan 09, 2017

Maria Emma Mejia, Colombia's ambassador to the UN, said the film was a source of 'great worry and surprise'.

Divya Kishore Jan 05, 2017

Blue-coated officials criticised for 'partying with' female militants.

Tom Porter Jan 03, 2017

UN head appeals for ceasefires to be honoured and compromises made at the negotiating table.

Graham Lanktree Jan 01, 2017

Ban described his two-term period at the helm of the global body as something of a fairy tale.

Divya Kishore Dec 31, 2016

The president-elect has criticised a recent resolution against illegal Israeli settlements.

Nicole Rojas Dec 27, 2016

Evidence of the crimes will be 'carefully documented' and made public for inspection, Russia says.

Tareq Haddad Dec 26, 2016

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said that Americans should just 'shut up'.

Ananya Roy Dec 24, 2016