The United States and China have reached an agreement on a new U.N. Security Council draft resolution aimed at punishing North Korea, a Security Council diplomat told CNN on Wednesday. The resolution is going to be described as the toughest yet on Py...
Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of International Mother Language Day 联合国教科文组织总干事伊琳娜博科娃女士国际母语日致辞 Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science...
Former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died at the age of 93. Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped forge his country's peace agreement with Israel, was the U.N.'s sixth secretary-general, serving from 1992...
SEOUL/WASHINGTONThe U.N. Security Council said Wednesday that it was working to craft new sanctions against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while the United States and other world powers voiced skepticism about Pyongyang's claim that the u...
The Syrian conflict has raged for nearly five years, killing around a quarter of a million people. Throughout the path to peace has been cracked and cratered by the differing opinions of other countries. Now, a new agreement, aimed at paving the way...
At the UN climate summit which starts Monday in Paris, governments are expected to adopt a landmark deal to fight climate change and help vulnerable countries deal with rising sea levels, extreme weather events and other effects of global warming. UN...
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Since then, the declaration that arose from that conference has been a guideline to push for gender equality throughout...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents, with initial commitments of more than 25 billion U.S. dollars for the next...
The Sustainable Development Summit continues into its second day with more than 70 heads of state and government delivering speeches stating their resolution to realize the 2030 development agenda. Among them, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made hi...
UNITED NATIONSThe U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Friday to establish a joint investigation mechanism to identify perpetrators of chlorine and other toxic chemical attacks in Syria. It is the first time the council has sought to establish ac...
