Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica maintained a firm lead in the latest informal straw poll held by the United Nations Security ...

As a candidate, Nusseibeh will undoubtedly face scrutiny about the Emirates’ human rights record both in the country and ...

In the ramp-up to the United Nations annual climate change conference in November, alarming and under-reported statistics on ...

US Ambassador Mike Waltz led a panel event at the UN on the status of human rights in Cuba, Oct. 19, 2026, about a week ...

The results are in from our recent informal readers' survey on who should be the next UN secretary-general for the five-year term starting in 2027.

About 32 million acres of South Pacific seabed off American Samoa could be auctioned in November in what would be the world’s ...

The United Nations Security Council's most recent straw poll, held on Oct. 16, showed both a possible breakthrough and the ...

Just hours before Lana Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates was scheduled to defend her candidacy for the post of United ...

At the 81st UN General Assembly high-level week, dignitaries, diplomats and advocates moved through meetings where the futures of nations can hinge on the delicate balance of debate and persuasion.

Maj. Gen. Erdenebat Batsuuri, a Mongolian who is the new force commander of the Gang Suppresssion Force in Haiti, arriving in Port-au-Prince, May 14, 2026. The militarized force is mandated by the UN ...

Jeff Bartos, US envoy to the UN on management and reform, far right, with fellow American diplomats, leaving the UN Security Council closed-door meeting to vote in the latest straw poll in the process ...

Olara Otunnu, a former Ugandan diplomat and UN executive, is the lastest candidate to run for UN secretary-general. He was a potential nominee in 1996, but his own country never backed him. Decades ...