Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In the history of the United Nations there are tens of thousands of speeches, and ...
The United Nations organization for Palestinian refugees has fired a dozen staffers over claims they took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, the ...
The UN Charter, adopted on 24 October 1945, has not lost its relevance in the 21 st century. In fact, we need the United Nations more than ever, because the Charter constitutes humanity’s only ...
Ahead of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, people around the world continue to see the UN in a largely positive light, according to a survey of 31,938 adults in 25 ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations. Here are some of ...
The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA. By Farnaz Fassihi ...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), originally known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946 ...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the ...
The item entitled “Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations” was included in the agenda of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the ...
On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a disgraceful resolution granting new rights and privileges to the so-called “observer state” of Palestine, while also calling for the Security ...
Commander Harold E. Stassen, bronzed by months of service in the Pacific, was busy getting ready for his role as a Roosevelt-appointed delegate to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco.