China and Russia have been actively trying to block United Nations scrutiny into violations through obscure budget talks, ...

Ungar of the Crisis Group said the ICSC annually makes salary adjustments based on the compensation of US civil servants, ...

As the United Nations turns 80, its challenge is not a shortage of reform ideas but the loss of constitutional balance. The ...

At the recent annual opening session of the General Assembly, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley declared that “the world ...

Prashanthi Krishnamoorthy, a diplomat from Sri Lanka, in a traditional sari to represent her country. Josiane Toundzi, who works for the UN, in a dress created by an African designer, Pathé'O.

The Trailblazer Award was created in 2022 by the UN Justice and Corrections Service of the Office for the Rule of Law and Security Institutions. The award, sponsored by Canada, was designed to honor ...

Artists and art organizations used the city as a stage to address delegates attending the annual high-level week of the UN General Assembly. Photos and texts by Pau Torres Pagès The exhibition “UNSEEN ...

Palantir is involved in everything from government surveillance and predictive policing to gathering battlefield intelligence and monitoring nuclear safeguards. It is ensconced in the US government ...

The struggling women, peace & security agenda; Russia, echoing US, damns the EU; breaking the SecGen glass ceiling, big peacekeeping cuts. Plus: Marking Oct. 7; Houthis kidnap more UN staff; ...

Twelve of the 15 members of the UN Security Council approved a complex draft text to create a Gang Suppression Force for Haiti, and three members abstained, above: China, Pakistan and Russia, citing ...

A new vision for global leadership was the theme at a forum held at the UN, above, led by Estonia and the International Peace Institute, Sept. 23, 2025. Civil society groups and some countries are ...

Jane Goodall, the primatologist and anthropologist, with Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate, at the UN, marking the International Day of Peace, Sept. 19, 2003. Goodall went on to become a UN Messenger of ...