The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join ...

Published since 1947, Basic Facts about the United Nations serves as the definitive introduction to the UN and its family of related institutions and agencies. The volume represents an invaluable ...

The failure of the United States, along with Britain and France, to do anything to enforce the resolution of 1951 was clearly one of the basic reasons for the nationalization of the canal and the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Urdu translation of the “Basic Facts about the United Nations” was officially launched on Monday at Quaid-i-Azam University, in an event coinciding with UN Day.

As part of its multilingual outreach, the UN has issued Chinese version of the latest edition of the “Basic Facts about the United Nations”. Published since 1947, the Basic facts serves as the ...

In the context of the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly's preliminary exchange of views on universal jurisdiction, Human Rights Watch believes it is important to convey a few ...

Estonia passed a law in 2000, for example, that declared access to the Internet a basic human right. In 2009, France followed. Legislators in Costa Rica, in 2010, reached a similar decision.

United Nations Day: 10 facts about the UN and the Nordic Countries. Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) visited a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warehouse in Copenhagen which has been ...

If you know next to nothing about Prof Muhammad-Bande, the Nigerian who now presides over the United Nations General Assembly, well, we just helped your situation. You are welcome, as always.