THE United Nations has passed a resolution to adopt a new world map with a more accurate represent of continent sizes. The ...

The United Nations adopted the Equal Earth map showing Africa's true size, but the United States was the sole nation to vote ...

Comprising five permanent members and 10 elected members, the Security Council meets regularly to assess threats to ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There’s little to celebrate. Its ...

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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an ambitious pact that aims to make the organisation more relevant and effective on the global stage in the 21st century amid mounting criticism ...

The United Nations says countries are legally obliged to consider slavery reparations and implement restorative justice for ...

Up to 40% of the world’s land is degraded, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, which ...

The Trump administration has notified Congress of its plans to pay more than $800 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations ...

Legal experts are calling on former slave-trading nations to erect statues of people of African descent because they have an 'obligation to repair' the harm caused by the slave trade.

On 26 June 1945, official representatives of 50 countries, meeting in San Francisco, United States, signed the Charter of the United Nations, forming the world’s premier international organization, ...