The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August 5 to 14 in Geneva, Switzerland, after countries failed to agree on the parameters of a final agreement last December in Busan,

The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a major city in eastern Congo

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United Nations said on Monday. M23 fighters raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital during the night of February 28,

Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday, noting U.S. nuclear deterrence is crucial to the country’s security and that its participation would send the “wrong message.

Indeed, torture survivors have historically been viewed as heroes who have overcome adversity, and communities tend to rally around their recovery and rehabilitation. It is time the same recognition was afforded to victims of sexual violence in conflict, who are often stigmatised.

Despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in critical military aide, Ukraine has made a habit of obfuscating U.S. interests at the U.N.

Tech baron Elon Musk backed calls for the US to withdraw from both NATO and the United Nations after months of occasionally badmouthing both international organizations.