The military junta in Myanmar wants to replace its United Nations envoy, but he isn’t leaving. “We’re in a very unique situation,” the U.N. spokesman said.
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‘Guernica’ Tapestry Is Taken Back From U.N. by a Rockefeller
The replica of Picasso’s famed painting depicting the horrors of war had hung outside the Security Council chamber since 1985, on loan from the Rockefeller family.
Who is Arora Akanksha, the 34-Year-Old Running for U.N. Secretary General?
The United Nations auditor, with no diplomatic experience, has declared her candidacy for secretary general — an audacious bid to shake up an organization that she says badly needs it.
Feeling Spurned by Trump, U.N. Sees Redemption in Biden and Team
Diplomats say the Trump administration’s “America First” policy demeaned the United Nations. But the organization is feeling reinvigorated by the president-elect and his choice of ambassador.
With Village Beheadings, Islamic State Intensifies Attacks in Mozambique
The United Nations called for an investigation into reports of many people beheaded in northern Mozambique, where Islamist insurgents have stepped up a brutal campaign.
Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons Passes Important Threshold
Fifty countries have now ratified the treaty, so it will become international law. The United States and the eight other nuclear-armed powers reject it but have failed to stop its advance.
Options Dwindling, Palestinian Leader Calls for U.N. Peace Conference
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority asked the United Nations to convene a conference in early 2021 to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Trump Demands U.N. Hold China to Account for Coronavirus Pandemic
In speeches broadcast at this year’s Covid-compromised General Assembly, the presidents of China and the United States punctuated an intensifying schism between the two superpowers.
U.N. General Assembly: Live Updates
Deepening tensions are on display, with President Trump blaming ‘the China virus’ for global catastrophe, and Xi Jinping claiming the mantle of environmental champion.
U.N. Assembly, With Very Few Assembled, Marks 75th Year
A recorded speech by President Trump was scheduled but conspicuously missing as the United Nations commemorated its founding after World War II.