Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In the history of the United Nations there are tens of thousands of speeches, and ...

The General Assembly established the United Nations Board of Auditors in 1946 as an important mechanism to promote accountability and transparency in the United Nations. The Board audits the accounts ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the ...

The UN Charter, adopted on 24 October 1945, has not lost its relevance in the 21 st century. In fact, we need the United Nations more than ever, because the Charter constitutes humanity’s only ...

The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA. By Farnaz Fassihi ...

Ahead of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, people around the world continue to see the UN in a largely positive light, according to a survey of 31,938 adults in 25 ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), originally known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946 ...

Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday she will denounce an "electoral coup" in the country's presidential vote to ...

Commander Harold E. Stassen, bronzed by months of service in the Pacific, was busy getting ready for his role as a Roosevelt-appointed delegate to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco.

FIRST ON FOX: President Trump sees "great promise" for the United Nations, provided it remains dedicated to its founding mission of promoting international peace and security, according to his U.N.

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a disgraceful resolution granting new rights and privileges to the so-called “observer state” of Palestine, while also calling for the Security ...