As the United Nations gears up to select its next leader for the 2027-2021 term, here are the key rules and conventions to ...

The United Nations Security Council approved an American-led resolution endorsing and providing an international legal ...

The UN General Assembly is to elect new judges to the organization’s Dispute and Appeals Tribunal, respectively, on Nov. 17.

An overnight attack on Nov. 14 against Kyiv killed four people and injured at least 29 civilians from Russia’s latest massive ...

According to the report, “Well-funded anti-rights opposition movements that are polarizing politics and sweeping elections ...

Perhaps the words of Samuel Beckett frame the challenges of stabilization best for Gaza: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” In Gaza, however, failure cannot be ...

Climate change is widening the gender gap. It is erasing decades of hard-won progress for gender equality. Most people ...

United States President Trump may want to see a ceasefire in Sudan, but Washington’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates are keeping the administration from being more assertive in trying to stop ...

Penguins at the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, where UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited in 2023 to see the effects of the climate crisis in the continent. He will name ...

Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also ...

Some members of the UN-led Women’s Advisory Board, including Asma Kutmaro, far left, an Islamist scholar, and Nawal Yazeji, in the pink shirt, a feminist. Geneva, April 2016. MARIA LUISA GAMBALE ...

On the last day of the annual UN women’s conference in March, joy was mixed with relief by delegates after grueling negotiations over a summary document. The facilitator for the negotiations, Koki ...