The General Assembly convened today to pay tribute to King Harald V of Norway, who died on 26 August.

The Security Council today extended for one month the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime, including targeted sanctions and an arms embargo, in order to allow more time for negotiations on whether to expand the measures.

Solemnly marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the “cowardly terrorist act” on 11 September 2001, senior United Nations officials today called on the Security Council, Member States and the entire international community to uphold their ...

The General Assembly today took note of the report of its General Committee on the organization of its eighty-first regular session, adopting its agenda and taking note of the allocation of the items.

During an emergency meeting on the sharp escalation of the conflict in Yemen, the Security Council today heard that the period of relative calm prevailing in the country over the last four years has ended; now, the international community must ...

With Security Council members locked into disagreement on whether sanctions concerning Iran’s nuclear programme have snapped back or not, some speakers stressed the need to appoint experts to support that sanctions committee even as others ...

While spotlighting United Nations efforts to promote peace, pursue development and confront emerging challenges over the past 80 years, the new President of the General Assembly nevertheless urged that the organ’s upcoming session seek to ...

As the General Assembly concluded its eightieth session today, outgoing President Annalena Baerbock (Germany) reflected on a term marked by geopolitical divisions, institutional reform and a renewed defence of multilateralism.

The General Assembly today took an important step towards correcting distortions in commonly used world maps, particularly the Mercator projection, which are seen misrepresenting the relative size of continents and contribute to a diminished ...