Thousands of mainly white South Africans, hoping the grass is greener on the other side of the hill, are taking advantage of ...

The essayist, a UN human rights specialist, writes that a new survivors of torture charter has been written by “people who have experienced this most violent of crimes” to demand that the world help ...

When Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, was asked whether Beijing intended to fill the financial and other ...

The UN Refugee Agency has a new executive in the Mexico City office, arriving amid a demanding moment for the organization in ...

In Juba, a ceremony welcoming the new force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, Maj. Gen. Junhui Wu of China, April 29, 2026. Here, troops from Bangladesh. The United States aimed ...

PassBlue and the 1 for 8 Billion campaign are working together to increase public awareness of candidates’ visions for the United Nations. Our partners – 15 leading NGOs with diverse expertise – have ...

Bachelet frames prevention as central to international peace and security, positioning peacekeeping and peacebuilding as tools for prevention alongside mediation, early warning and preventive ...

A recent vigil outside a major detention center, Rodeo 1, in Guatire, Venezuela. Mothers of detainees have been sleeping over as part of their protest. Since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by ...

Pope Leo speaking to media, May 12, 2025. The columnist champions the pontiff as well as Naledi Pandor of South Africa, Francesca Albanese of Italy and International Criminal Court judges as “heroes ...

President Trump watches the liftoff of Artemis II in the Outer Oval Office, April 1, 2026. The essayist, an American historian and journalist who is an expert on the UN, says of Trump’s go-it-alone ...

Rebeca Grynspan, a former vice president of Costa Rica and an economist, and Macky Sall, an ex-president of Senegal, vied for the support of the General Assembly and civil society groups at UN ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking to reporters about the Mideast, April 14, 2026. He has proposed an initiative to help the flow of fertilizer get through the Strait of Hormuz amid war in ...