• Lieut. Gen. Ulisses De Mesquita Gomes of Brazil, Monusco’s new force commander, arrives in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo, ...

Don’t give up on the UN, Alejandrina Basulto Alvarez urges young people (and older), who may feel the organization is not ...

China will hold a signature event on multilateralism and global governance,” Fu, 59, said. “As we are faced with all these global challenges, no country can stay aloof, and that includes the United ...

Vivian van de Perre, a deputy chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefed the Security Council remotely from besieged Goma dressed in protective ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for her confirmation hearing as nominee for UN envoy, Jan. 21, 2025. “It has never been more critical for the ...

The first phase of the ceasefire and hostage deal between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Jan. 19. The essayist writes a precise alphabetical guide on the specifics of the truce and how its key ...

Sukehiro Hasegawa is a former senior UN official and member of the Peacemaking Reflection Group of former UN system staff (PRG), which is supported by the Foundation for Global Governance and ...

The Security Council can be reformed, but how? The authors, a trio of ex-UN officials, suggest a two-step approach, focusing on five “key issues”: the size of an expanded body, membership categories, ...

Meron Habte Essaias, the legal adviser at Eritrea’s mission to the United Nations, says the double standards in how international law is applied remains a major problem facing the world body. “The ...

The annual flag-installation ceremony of incoming elected members of the United Nations Security Council for 2025-2026. From left: Evangelos Sekeris of Greece; Asim Ahmad of Pakistan; Khaled Khiari, ...

In Venezuela, Luz Marina Arias and her son Juan Nair. He and his brother Daniel were abducted in 2022 just 20 days apart by masked men. The sons have been held in a prison in Caracas since then, ...

Carlos Ruíz-Hernández, vice minister of foreign affairs of Panama, speaking in the Security Council meeting on the UN political mission in Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025. Although the minister did not ...