Five new elected members begin Security Council terms

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...

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...

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....

The Council began a session scheduled through 31 March, including scrutiny of the rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. Its proceedings show how postcolonial states use UN...

The attacks began a new regional war and struck Iranian targets, including nuclear facilities. The UN Secretary-General called for an end to hostilities and warned of wider escalation. The event...