United Nations

An international treaty banning nuclear weapons has been ratified by a 50th country, the UN said Saturday, allowing the "historic" text to enter into force after 90 days.

The UNSC has held that the Israeli activity over the pre-1967 lines is illegal under international law. This includes activity in east Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the West Bank.

A draft resolution recognizing Guaido is certain to be vetoed by Russia.

NIKKI Haley, one of Donald Trump’s strongest Cabinet members as the US Ambassador to the United Nations, has shocked many by resigning her post.

Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday.

The US has announced it will deny diplomatic visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and United Nations employees.

JAMES Corden, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon took great delight mocking Donald Trump over his UN speech where world leaders laughed at the president’s outrageous claim.
 

US President Donald Trump has made the delegates at the UN general assembly laugh - seemingly without attempting to do so.

UN members should not be unduly intimidated by what the US says and its “bullying” tactics over the vote on a Jerusalem resolution, says former UN Director of Communications Edward Mortimer.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that North Korea's actions were "quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution"

The former South Carolina governor made her first remarks at UN headquarters before presenting her diplomatic credentials to Guterres.

On Wednesday he is to attend a gala dinner with both Obama and Ban, as well as join a meeting that the two leaders will have with ASEAN heads of state and government.