General Assembly opens its special session on HIV/AIDS

Leaders met to discuss peace, development, human rights and UN reform. Many developing countries treated poverty, debt and unequal participation as structural global issues, while summit commitments...

The declaration committed states to development, peace, human rights and a stronger multilateral system. Its goals were ambitious, but the declaration did not resolve disputes over debt, trade rules...

Resolution 1325 called for women’s participation in conflict prevention, peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction. It followed years of organizing by women’s movements and set a global...

Delegates from least developed countries assessed poverty, debt, trade barriers and development commitments. The conference provided a platform for poorer states to demand accountable partnership...

The programme set commitments for 2001-2010 on poverty reduction, trade, aid and productive capacity. Its results depended on delivery by both LDC governments and international partners, a recurring...

The declaration established targets for prevention, treatment and financing. It recognized shared responsibilities but did not itself overcome patent barriers, unequal medicine access or shortages...

More than 91 percent of eligible voters participated in elections for an assembly tasked with drafting a constitution and preparing the transition to independence. The vote advanced self-government...

The UN conference assembled governments and civil society to address slavery, colonialism, racism and contemporary discrimination. NAM states pressed historical responsibility and structural...

The conference adopted a framework recognizing slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity and calling for action against racism. Its contested negotiations show both the reach and limits...

Leaders met as the United States prepared for war in Iraq and debated how to keep non-alignment relevant after the Cold War. They called for multilateralism, sovereign equality, development and a more...