Ukraine's president warns Russian 'mass destruction' threatens world
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden each told the U.N. there are global stakes in the outcome of the war.
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Nuclear tensions fuel disarmament agenda for Hiroshima G-7 summit
Humanitarian leaders say the risk of nuclear catastrophe is the highest 'since the worst moments of the Cold War.'
U.N. staff and appeal for aid in limbo from Taliban ban on Afghan women
Most employees who work for UNAMA are Afghan nationals - women and men who have been instructed to stay home.
Putin, charged with war crimes, takes over U.N.'s most powerful arm
Russia's status as U.N. Security Council president is bound up in a frozen-in-time power structure dating to World War II.
Vanuatu's 'epic' win lets top U.N. court set climate obligations
The ICJ is being asked for a legal opinion on nations' legal obligations to fight global warming – and the consequences if they don't.
At U.N., leaders link debt, climate to unity in fighting counterterrorism
Mozambique hosted a talk on how the U.N. and regional organizations can curb terrorism and violent extremism.
Lost childhoods: Ukraine's most innocent victims in Putin's war
The global demands for peace grow as humanitarian aid workers emphasize the war's devastating effect on children.
Iran expelled from U.N. women's commission in U.S.-led vote
The 29-8 vote in ECOSOC on Wednesday, with 16 abstentions, immediately expelled Iran from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, based on a U.S. resolution.
U.N. condemns Russia's illegal land seizure
The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin to adopt a U.S.-sponsored resolution condemning Russia’s announced annex of four Ukrainian regions.
G-7 condemns Russian 'war crime' in Ukraine
G-7 nations pledged to "stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes" while promising more military aid and demanding Russia's immediate withdrawal.
U.N. heats up over Russian 'steal' in Ukraine
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution to condemn and invalidate its "full-scale unlawful invasion of Ukraine" and illegal move to annex four regions.
World faces a 'turning point' as U.N. meets
Confronting a world in "great peril," world leaders gathering at the U.N. General Assembly this week are being asked to set aside nations' grievances.
Nations agree to new scrutiny of U.N. vetos
Prompted by its own paralysis over Syria and Ukraine, the U.N. moved to prevent abuse of power by Russia and other permanent Security Council members.
Zelenskyy tells U.N. of Russian atrocities
Ukraine's president demanded full accountability for Russian forces committing the "most terrible war crimes" since World War II.
Nations rally behind Ukraine at UNGA
By an overwhelming majority, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that blamed Russia for Ukraine's severe humanitarian crisis.
E.U. leaders promise support for Ukraine
More than a century after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, E.U. leaders met for talks in the Palace of Versailles focused on ending another war in Europe.