[UN: June 5] American Deputy Booted Over Unpaid Dues, New Security Council Members & Lots More - PassBlue ...

In an interview recently during the UN General Assembly high-level week, Nowrojee talked about what the world wants from the next UN secretary-general vs. what the powerful countries in the Security ...

An intense flurry of activity took place among the numerous United Nations secretary-general candidates during the high-level week of the General Assembly’s 81st session. As António Guterres prepares ...

A laundry worker at the Nyakunde Ebola Treatment Center, in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak of the virus hit the region in mid-May amid a continuing conflict ...

His remarks echoed his address at the high-level week last year, blaming most of his country’s problems on France, except ...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assassinated at the outset of the US-Israeli war, on Feb. 28, as well as Iranian schoolchildren killed in a US strike on a school in Minab. His tone throughout ...

Jérôme Bonnafont, France’s envoy to the UN and monthly rotating president of the Security Council, led the body’s latest straw poll in the process to select the next UN secretary-general. There is no ...

UNGA81] Trump Panders to the Midterms; Brazil Defends Its Sovereignty; Russian Menace in Baltics & More - PassBlue ...

In an exclusive interview with PassBlue, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations and an elected member of the Security Council, outlined Islamabad's approach to ...

GENEVA — Since 1998, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, has been based here in the historic Palais Wilson, formerly the building that housed the League of ...

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.

At the 81st UN General Assembly high-level week, dignitaries, diplomats and advocates moved through meetings where the futures of nations can hinge on the delicate balance of debate and persuasion.