The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under ...

Seventy years ago the Refugee Convention was approved at a special United Nations conference in Geneva. It marked a strong commitment by States to cooperate to protect refugees, assist them, and solve ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership ...

The President of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, will share his priorities and perspectives for the 76th Session and civil society engagement during the Civil ...

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, vowed that his people “will not leave our land.” His address came days after 10 Western countries joined 150 other nations in recognizing ...

Artificial intelligence is joining the list of big and complex global challenges that world leaders and diplomats will tackle at this week’s annual high-level United Nations meetup. Watch the third ...