A new United Nations Secretary-General will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. Here are the potential candidates so far and how the successor to current UN chief ...
Remember when blue helmets just monitored ceasefires between nation-states? Those were simpler times, like when your biggest tech worry was dial-up internet. Today’s peace operations face a complex ...
The UN Charter has steered the world through numerous crises in the past. A new and modern interpretation of the document will help leaders address the growing number of existential global challenges ...
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a landmark resolution to strengthen how UN mandates - the decisions taken by Member States that guide the Organisation’s work - are created, ...
In an "Expert Take" interview, Thomas Biersteker, a leading authority on United Nations sanctions, explains what Security Council sanctions are, how they’re adopted, and why they matter for global ...
Ever since 1947, when the UN General Assembly voted in favor of partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the organization has grappled with crises in the Middle East. In recent decades, ...
Seventy-Seven years into its troubled existence, the United Nations Security Council confronts a consequential decision: Transform or die. The choice was vividly illustrated in the first weeks of the ...
The United Nations has recently come under attack from the Trump Administration and, much as it goes against the grain, it’s difficult to argue with real-estate-developer-cum-ambassador-Representative ...
The UN climate conference in Egypt is in its second week. Here's an update on how negotiations are progressing. It's crunch time at the international Climate Conference in Egypt. Negotiators there are ...