Ninety-one member states in the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia “immediately, ...

That is why the time has come — yet again — to elect a woman, a woman from Eastern Europe, as the next secretary-general.

President William Ruto of Kenya, center, touring new offices at the UN’s compound in Nairobi, July 2025. The UN is expanding ...

UN restrooms in the Secretariat building at headquarters in New York City. The organization will no longer stock restrooms in ...

Ambassador Samuel Zbogar of Slovenia to the UN and rotating president of the Security Council for December. His country is ...

The essayists write that at the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly conference this week, to be held in Nairobi, ...

An event marking UN Day featured Annalena Baerbock, above, the president of the General Assembly, Oct. 24, 2025. She and the monthly rotating president of the Security Council will play a vital role ...

The next UN high commissioner for refugees should be a woman, the essayists write, because leadership in multilateral institutions “should mirror the societies they serve,” yet women remain shockingly ...

UN Security Council members approved a United States-led draft resolution to authorize an international stabilization force in Gaza, among other major steps, but China, above, and Russia abstained, ...

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.

Women making and selling what is called ecological charcoal, near Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The charcoal residue is used for fuel and is said to emit no ...