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The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a declaration calling for urgent action to end AIDS by 2030, noting “with alarm” that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities and pushed access to AIDS medicines, treatments and diagnosis further off track

The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality is calling for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document that saw continuing pushback against women’s rights and a refusal to address issues of gender identity

The top U.N. official in Myanmar says its people have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the Feb. 1 coup

A U.N. spokesman says the world body in North Korea has been left with no international staff, who are now working remotely

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran will begin offering its inspectors “less access” but will still allow the agency to monitor its atomic program.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as U.S. ambassador the United Nations, said she has a message for diplomats around the world. “America is back,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back.”

A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets has expired

Nearly 40 mainly Western countries are criticizing China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, and expressing grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.

Structural racism in the U.S. is attracting the attention of the United Nations. Craig Mokhiber, the director of the NY Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, explains how the U.N. plays a role in defending human rights in the U.S.

U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft says she has shared a draft U.N. Security Council resolution with Russia that would extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely

China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears for its separate budget for peacekeeping operations

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there has been “a horrifying global surge in domestic violence” as fear of the coronavirus fas grown along with its social and economic consequences.