The UN General Assembly is to elect new judges to the organization’s Dispute and Appeals Tribunal, respectively, on Nov. 17.

Climate change is widening the gender gap. It is erasing decades of hard-won progress for gender equality. Most people ...

• Results of PassBlue’s Survey: ‘Vote for the Next UN Secretary-General’, by PassBlue. Michelle Bachelet, ex-two-time president of Chile, won the informal readers’ poll. The results were reported ...

On the Gaza front, Waltz of the US convened a private meeting on Nov. 5 at the US mission to the UN to rally support for a new Security Council draft resolution meant to stabilize the Palestinian ...

According to the report, “Well-funded anti-rights opposition movements that are polarizing politics and sweeping elections around the globe, claiming a number of feminist foreign policy governments in ...

“Decides that Ahmed al-Sharaa, included on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List as Ahmad Hussain Al-Sharaa (QDi.317) ...

Sierra Leone came to the United Nations Security Council ready to change the system. Instead, it found itself learning just how resistant the system is to change. The small West African country took ...

United States President Trump may want to see a ceasefire in Sudan, but Washington’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates ...

The Israeli Knesset marks National Memorial Day for the “October 7 Disaster and Swords of Iron War,” Knesset Plaza, Oct. 16, 2025. The essayist focuses on numerous “long-overdue questions” about ...

A walkout by some UN security officials on Oct. 27, protesting possible cuts to their employment benefits, left the UN’s main entrance for diplomats and other officials closed, while other security ...

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.

The UN General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2025. The essayists say the debate over the role of the United States in the UN has become a “proxy for larger disputes about sovereignty, funding and influence.” ...