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Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and building a biobank are among landmark achievements of the UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA), which is marking its 30th anniversary at ...

UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres declared the world has "passed the point of no return" on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November's COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil .. ...

The United States announced on Tuesday that it will leave the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which will take effect at the end of December 2026.

The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report in a briefing on Tuesday to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.

Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion over the past 48 hours have increased fears for people's survival in the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

The UN Security Council meets today for a high-level open debate on Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, chaired by Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad ...

South Sudan's dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out on food aid because of the global humanitarian funding crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.

As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled up a response plan to support thousands of displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur state.

The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging all Member States to "utilize effectively" the mechanisms for pacific settlement of disputes as outlined in the United Nations Charter, including "negotiation, enquiry, mediation, ...

Warning that the world is failing to uphold international law as wars stretch from Gaza to Ukraine, UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres urges all nations to choose diplomacy over division and recommit to settling disputes peacefully.