General Assembly reaffirms Palestinian self-determination

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...

The Assembly approved 40 texts concerning non-self-governing territories, Palestinian refugees and other special political questions. The votes carried forward the UN’s formal decolonization agenda...

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...

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,...

India convened the first Sherpa meeting under its BRICS chairship. BRICS is institutionally distinct from NAM, but its agenda of cooperation and reform offers a comparison with older Global South...

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued its annual programme document, reviewing political developments and work to advance self-determination....