President William Ruto of Kenya, center, touring new offices at the UN’s compound in Nairobi, July 2025. The UN is expanding ...

That is why the time has come — yet again — to elect a woman, a woman from Eastern Europe, as the next secretary-general.

In 2017, United States President Trump said of refugees: “I hate taking these people. I guarantee you they are bad,” leaving ...

Ninety-one member states in the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia “immediately, ...

The essayists write that at the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly conference this week, to be held in Nairobi, ...

Ambassador Samuel Zbogar of Slovenia to the UN and rotating president of the Security Council for December. His country is ...

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.

Javier Milei, president of Argentina, arriving at the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Sept. 24, 2025. The country, once a foreign policy beacon of multilateralism, has dropped that “compass,” ...

An event marking UN Day featured Annalena Baerbock, above, the president of the General Assembly, Oct. 24, 2025. She and the monthly rotating president of the Security Council will play a vital role ...

The UN General Assembly is to elect new judges to the organization’s Dispute and Appeals Tribunal, respectively, on Nov. 17. These seemingly obscure bodies perform critical functions to “uphold the ...

UN Security Council members approved a United States-led draft resolution to authorize an international stabilization force in Gaza, among other major steps, but China, above, and Russia abstained, ...