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What is going on and could the UK get involved? - The Standard takes an in depth look at what is happening between Israel and Iran ...
16 September 2024 — It’s the season to take on global challenges, from forging a healthier planet to putting the brakes on nuclear weapons, as world leaders and leading experts land at UN ...
Jaishankar said, "Now, you have two conflicts going on in the world today, two very serious conflicts, where was the UN on them, essentially a bystander," he said.
When the United Nations was formed in 1945 following World War Two, there were originally 51 members. That has since grown to 193 members. Leaders of two non-member observer states ...
America Vetoes What It Calls a ‘Performative’ UN Security Council Proposal To End Gaza War ‘Performative actions … designed to draw a veto, as evidenced by the process of formulating this resolution … ...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that the United Nations (UN) was like an old company, which was not entirely keeping up with the market, but occupying the space. He said two ...
Argentinian President Javier Milei took the United Nations (U.N.) to task during his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, saying it had become "one of the main proponents of systematic ...
Palestine’s UN envoy says ‘genocide within genocide’ going on in north Gaza. Hamas representative in Lebanon says Israel has prevented entry of food supplies into Jabalia camp for the last ...
Here are five things the U.N. does that you may not have known: U.N. agencies facilitate programs worldwide focused on women, tied to education, financial literacy, employment opportunities and more.
Life expectancies around the world have bounced back from the pandemic but fertility rates are declining faster than expected, according to a United Nations report.