Nearly 20 years ago, at the 2005 World Summit, UN Member States created the Peacebuilding Commission, an intergovernmental body tasked with establishing mechanisms to help countries sustainably ...

Arabic, spoken by over 450 million people and holding official status in nearly 25 countries, is a global language with immense cultural significance. Yet, only 3% of online content is available in ...

For only the second time, Russia used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, as the next U.N. High ...

I am honoured to have been elected as the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As a former refugee, I know first-hand how protection and opportunity can change the course of a life.

Over 100 children killed in Gaza since ceasefire, UNICEF says The U.N. children's agency said on Tuesday that over 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the October ceasefire, including victims ...