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.

The 22 member nations of the Arab League endorsed the "New York Declaration," which includes a phased road map for ending the ...

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 ...

The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. There’s little to celebrate.

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 ...

“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 ...

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

Eight decades after that day, the United Nations counts 193 Member States and works through a broad system of related agencies, funds and programmes to achieve, for all peoples, “peace, dignity ...

As aid is dropped from the sky, hundreds of thousands of hungry people scramble to get their hands on some of the food.