Five countries have won seats on the United Nations Security Council in uncontested elections. They will start serving ...

The Security Council, the United Nations’ principal crisis-management ... But targeted sanctions have raised human rights concerns of their own, and they infrequently result in changed behavior.

Historic Rights Council Action Sends Message to States Reconsidering Mine Ban Treaty ...

A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on ...