Security Council backs COVID-19 cease-fire
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for cease-fires worldwide so that everyone can focus on ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for cease-fires worldwide so that everyone can focus on ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cases of COVID-19 surpassed 6 million worldwide on Sunday accompanied by 367,000 deaths including an increasing toll in Latin America.
The U.N. General Assembly urged all nations to join in ensuring universal access to medical supplies, drugs, future vaccines and testing for the pandemic.
The U.N. migration agency was providing aid and arranging the return home of more than 140 migrants in Guatemala from Honduras trying to enter the U.S.
A human rights treaty that is 30 years old helped make children healthier but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse, UNICEF said.
Global oil markets are well-supplied and companies have reserves to meet demand for more than a month despite attacks on Saudi Arabia oil production.
The U.N. human rights chief says the climate crisis is a top threat and U.S. detention of migrant children is alarming.
Refugees International gave the Trump administration's U.S. practices a 'failing grade' for a second year in a row.
Little more than 60% of all refugee children are able to go to primary schools, versus 90% among all children globally.
The U.N. food agency plans to offer food assistance to 700,000 people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
U.S. senators confirmed Kelly Craft as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, multilateralism's biggest stage.
The U.N. human rights chief said children should never be held in immigration detention or separated from families.
The head of the 36-nation organization called on governments to listen to millions of people worried about climate change.
Finance leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies projected moderate global growth and recovery later this year and into 2020, but warned of risks from a prolonged trade war.
IBM, which helped develop the standards, said they offer policy guidance for governments and stakeholders worldwide.
Accelerating species losses undermine humanity's perch on the planet because all life depends on rich species diversity.