By Andrew Glass 12/10/2015 12:00 AM EST On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly, meeting at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at ...

Article 68 directed the Economic and Social Council to establish a commission “for the promotion of human rights”, but Article 2(7) enjoined the United Nations not to intervene in matters ...

Delivered July 26, 2007. Since the birth of the United Nations, protecting and advancing fundamental human rights has been one of the organization's primary objectives.

The prohibition is found in article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and is accepted as well in customary international law. ... the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) ... June 12, 2025.

António Guterres, laying his left hand on the Charter of the United Nations, takes the oath of office as Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term that began on 1 January 2017.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There’s little to celebrate.