United Nations — The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted five resolutions in support of Palestine, reflecting broad international consensus on refugee rights, accountability for Israeli practices, ...

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted in favour of demanding that Russia return all Ukrainian children deported or forcibly transferred since the start of the war. The resolution was adopted with ...

After a U.S.-led campaign, the United Nations has postponed a vote on a proposal to impose the world’s first global carbon tax on shipping, delaying the decision by one year. The rule was expected to ...

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China called on the European Union on Tuesday not to "challenge" a 1971 U.N. resolution that led to Beijing assuming China's seat in the organisation from Taipei. China and ...

UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation has no intention of attacking Europe, but any aggression against his country “will be met with a decisive ...

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2025. Mike Segar/Reuters CFR President Michael Froman shares ...

The last time North Korea sent officials directly from the capital was in 2018, a year before direct diplomacy between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump collapsed. By Choe Sang-Hun ...

The week of the UN General Assembly is always a chaotic one in New York City, often synonymous with two words for locals: gridlock traffic. But this year’s global event was especially momentous being ...

President Trump on Tuesday addressed the United Nations General Assembly, questioning the purpose of the organization and rebuking allies as he outlined his “America First” agenda. Trump touted his ...

David Curran received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and Irish Research Council in 2022/23 to hold a series of workshops to better understand UN policies towards the Protection ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Six years after last speaking to the UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump ...