The amount each UN member must pay varies. In 2025, the U.S. was responsible for 22% of the UN’s regular budget and 26.2% of its peacekeeping budget.

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that if anyone can shift the Israeli government, ...

July 2025 - At this week’s UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue, development experts emphasized the urgent need to strengthen social protection systems, invest in young people and support economic ...

United Nations urges Iran to halt death penalty amid alarming surge in executions, disproportionately affecting minorities.

President Donald Trump has the power to do something about the horrific starvation in Gaza. Whether he actually steps up to ...

A councillor more used to speaking at Wigan Town Hall found herself on a global stage when she visited the United Nations.

Momentum seems to be building for more countries to recognize a Palestinian state in Israeli-occupied territory after France ...

Supported by France's imminent recognition of Palestinian statehood, UN members meet next week to breathe life into the push ...

The non-discrimination list of Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, points to this very idea: that we will not ...

For Palestinians, settlements represent land taken from them and a major obstacle to peace. Israel denies that, arguing instead that a presence in the West Bank is vital for national security.

“You will not be able to smother the voice of the peoples.” November 1974: Arafat comes armed to the U.N. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was invited to speak at the United Nations even though the ...