In 2012, world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro began to discuss a set of universal goals that would meet the environmental, political and economic ...

Remember when blue helmets just monitored ceasefires between nation-states? Those were simpler times, like when your biggest tech worry was dial-up internet. Today’s peace operations face a complex ...

The UN Charter has steered the world through numerous crises in the past. A new and modern interpretation of the document will help leaders address the growing number of existential global challenges ...

After twenty-two months of unprecedented carnage, three things are clear: (1) the Israeli regime will not end the genocide in Palestine of its own will, (2) the U.S. government, Israel’s principal ...

A new United Nations Secretary-General will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. Here are the potential candidates so far and how the successor to current UN chief ...

The global planning community must move "from awareness to action" if the UN's goal of sustainable and inclusive urban development is to be achieved by 2030, authors of a new report have warned. The ...

In an "Expert Take" interview, Thomas Biersteker, a leading authority on United Nations sanctions, explains what Security Council sanctions are, how they’re adopted, and why they matter for global ...

The United Nations has recently come under attack from the Trump Administration and, much as it goes against the grain, it’s difficult to argue with real-estate-developer-cum-ambassador-Representative ...

Melissa Fleming is the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications as of 1 September 2019. After enlisting at 18, Cheryl Pearce battled rigid gender barriers to rise through the ...