Despite a steady decline in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea in recent years, nations must accelerate efforts to counter the region's nearly US$2 billion a year in losses, senior U.N. officials urged diplomats in charge of international security.
New momentum for creating a global organization to investigate corruption in sports surfaced as FIFA and UNODC signed a cooperation agreement.
The COVID-19 pandemic is being exploited to radicalize would-be terrorists and to target vulnerable networks used by hospitals and healthcare systems.
The U.N.'s counterterrorism chief launched a new project taking on the threat posed by terror groups, organized crime and trafficking in illicit small arms.
Delegates to a treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals ended a major summit after revising international trade rules for dozens of species.
The U.N. urged a crackdown on human trafficking; most victims are women and girls and the percentage of child victims more than doubled in a dozen years.
When an underwater cable severed, Tonga lost internet access for nearly two weeks, an incident that illustrates some of the risks a U.N. group is examining.
International organizations enter a new year buffeted by populism, trade wars and power struggles as multilateralism faces rising political hostility.
One in four people said they had to pay a bribe for public services in the past year, Transparency International said on International Anti-Corruption Day.
The U.N. Security Council held its first meeting devoted to the ties between corruption, peace and security, focusing especially on Venezuela.
