General Assembly adopts Fourth Committee texts on decolonization and Palestine

Brazil hosted the climate conference in the Amazon, placing forests, climate finance and Indigenous communities in global negotiations. Developing countries continued to press for adaptation support...

The conference closed after negotiations on adaptation, climate finance and implementation. Developing countries pressed for stronger support and recognition of unequal historical responsibility;...

The Johannesburg summit was the first G20 leaders’ meeting held on the African continent. Under South Africa’s presidency, leaders addressed debt, inequality, climate and development. The...

The summit declaration placed development finance, debt sustainability, climate action and inclusive growth on the agenda of the first G20 leaders’ meeting hosted in Africa. It marked a diplomatic...

The Assembly adopted its annual resolution by 151 votes to 11, with 11 abstentions. It called for renewed negotiations and implementation of relevant international decisions. The vote records broad...

By 139 votes to 12, with 19 abstentions, the Assembly welcomed the ICJ advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations regarding the UN and other organizations in occupied Palestinian territory. It linked...

The Assembly adopted resolution 80/195 affirming Palestinians’ right to self-determination, including an independent state. The annual vote echoed a central anti-colonial principle while the...

Resolution 80/158 addressed Palestinian and Syrian sovereignty over natural resources in occupied territories and called for an end to practices that deprive people of land and resources. Resource...

Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia began two-year Council terms. Their presence expanded regional representation, but the veto and permanent-member structure...

The Commission met amid widening inequalities and pressure on social protection systems. Developing countries continued to argue that poverty is shaped by structural conditions, including debt,...