The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

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

We now need to "face the inevitability of exceeding global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius." The post United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe appeared first on Futurism.

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 clout on the world stage is diminished. Facing major ...

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

Former Indonesian president Joko Widodo is urging the United Nations (UN) to change and redefine its systems, processes and strategies to remain relevant in addressing increasingly complex global challenges.

Max-Otto Baumann and Sebastian Haug are Senior Researchers at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). 9 October 2025 The United Nations is a multilateral organization with near-universal reach. With few exceptions, United Nations ...

It was perhaps an ominous sign when the first thing President Donald Trump said in his United Nations General Assembly speech Tuesday was that his teleprompter was broken. “I feel very happy to be up here with you nevertheless,” he said, sounding less ...

WHEN THE Charter of the United Nations was signed, 80 years ago this week, President Harry Truman emphasised that the document’s value lay only in the will of governments to use it. “The job”, he said, “will tax the moral strength and fibre of us all

The 2026 United Nations Intensive Summer Programme will be held from 8 to 12 June near UN Headquarters in New York City. Seton Hall University, a UNAI member institution in the United States, delivers the one-week course through its School of Diplomacy and ...

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On September 4, the United Nations passed a resolution declaring November 27 the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. For India, the date holds significance. It was on this day in 2024 that the Union government launched its ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ campaign against child marriage.