More than 30,000 children have crossed the Darién Gap between Panama and Colombia in the first four months of this year, a 40% increase from last year. Many face robbery, extortion, and sexual abuse by criminal gangs, according to UNICEF and MSF.
The UN Security Council is deliberating on establishing a multinational security support mission for Haiti as the country grapples with escalating violence and insecurity driven by entrenched criminal gangs.
At the UN General Assembly, President Joe Biden talked about his plan to work with global competitors to use artificial intelligence for good and protect citizens from its risks.
Nicaragua's government had been found to have committed human rights abuses, including torture and murder, similar to the Nazi regime, according to a United Nations report.
The United Nations and European Union are condemning Twitter after its CEO Elon Musk decided to ban several journalists from the social media platform.
A report from a United Nations agency said the number of Colombia's lands with coca plants from which cocaine is made was at its highest level in 20 years last year.
UN experts call for urgent reforms in Brazil against "racialized" police brutality following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks.
El Salvador has deployed police and military forces in some areas to conduct a gang crackdown, but there have been reports on the use of "excessive" force by authorities.
The government of Colombia shrunk the land surface under coca cultivation by seven percent in 2020, but the country remained the largest cocaine producer in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated in their report, Wednesday.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed UN envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the organization’s political mission in Colombia. It will monitor and verify a future peace deal between the Colombian government and the FARC.
If the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) manage to finalize a peace deal, the disarmament of the leftist rebels will likely be overseen by a special United Nations mission.
The 266th pope of the Holy See became the fifth pontiff to visit the United Nations on Friday morning and called for reforms. Pope Francis' speech comes as the U.N. celebrates its 70th anniversary, and he recognized the organization's advances in developing international law, humanitarian law, conflict resolutions and peacekeeping operations.
