East Timorese voters elect a Constituent Assembly

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 session sought a global response to the epidemic, which disproportionately affected poorer countries with limited access to treatment and public-health resources. Delegates debated prevention,...

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...

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...

The declaration connected non-interference and self-determination to reform of global governance and a fairer economic order. It framed non-alignment as collective agency rather than withdrawal from...

The invasion proceeded without a new Security Council authorization explicitly permitting the use of force. NAM members opposed the war and invoked the UN Charter, while the crisis revealed how little...