Can the United Nations stop a war? Can the Security Council stop a war? UN Spokesperson Eri Kaneko answers these questions, and explains the key functions of the United Nations Security Council. The ...

Japan has dismissed a Chinese letter to the United Nations accusing Tokyo of threatening armed intervention over Taiwan as "inconsistent with the facts and unsubstantiated".

Brazil’s push for a fossil fuel phase-out was blocked by major petrostates, but COP30 delivered record deforestation funding ...

The United Nations this fall is marking its 80th birthday, but it hardly seems an occasion to celebrate. Looking back on the global body’s origins — it was midwived, after all, by the Soviet spy Alger ...