U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce at the United Nations on Thursday additional funding for humanitarian assistance to Sudan and efforts to support civil society in the country, where a conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday had a blunt message for countries providing military support to Sudan's warring parties or profiting from the conflict: "Enough."
The United States is engaged with a number of United Nations bodies to ensure the Syrian people get answers and accountability when it comes to mass graves, detention sites and torture sites in Syria,
The U.N. General Assembly voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to support two non-binding resolutions, one that demands that Israel end its war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip and the other allowing the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to continue to operate in the Jewish state.
On November 22, 2024, the United Nations Sixth Committee adopted a resolution to advance the draft treaty on crimes against humanity to
In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the collapse of Bashar Assad‘s government in an air of transformation. Some were in tears.
School students in Palau are taking on the United States military with a legal complaint to the United Nations over a “rapid and unprecedented wave of militarization” in
"[W]e’ve delivered important progress and innovations that will leave a lasting legacy on human rights around the globe, including leveraging global institutions to address U.S. human rights priorities,
The treaty establishes a framework for cross-border evidence exchange, victim protection, and crime prevention, while emphasising safeguards for human rights online.
Deputy US Representative to the United Nations Ned Price told reporters on Dec 18 that Mr Blinken will make a number of announcements when he chairs on Dec 19 a UN Security Council meeting on ...
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the U.N.’s highest court to state what Israel’s obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of Palestinian civilians.
A massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the UN said Monday.