The United Nations has been heavily criticized for its decision to appoint Saudi Arabia as the head of a key human rights panel, particularly in light of the country's decision to sentence a Saudi teen to be crucified.
"Sexual rights" is the term the U.S. government plans to use to refer the prerogatives of people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, the State Department announced in remarks made to a United Nations panel.
Soon after his nation is graced by a papal visit, Cuban President Raul Castro will be on his way to the United States to speak at the U.N. General Assembly.
The United Nations has confirmed that the Temple of Bel -- an ancient stone ruin, which has been the focal point of religious observation in Palmyra, Syria for nearly 2,000 years – has been destroyed by ISIS.
The United Nations Security Council on Monday discussed the atrocities gays and lesbians suffer under ISIS occupation, as the body tackled a gay-rights issue for the first time in its 70-year history.
According to Zainab Bangura, a senior United Nations official, the Islamic State (ISIS) is circulating a slave price list for captured women and children.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously endorsed the Iran nuclear agreement on Monday. The United Nations Security Council unanimously endorsed the Iran nuclear agreement on Monday.
Congressional members are speaking out in protest against President Obama's decision to send a proposal to lift sanctions on Iran to the United Nations before it could be reviewed by Congress.
Mexico "forcibly detained" a North Korean ship after it ran aground off its Gulf coast last year, and Pyongyang claims the country is preventing the vessel's release due to pressure from the United States.
Maria Gabriela Chavez, the favorite daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has become her country’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.
Benefits for gay spouses of United Nations employees will no longer be determined by the staffers' home countries' laws on same-sex unions, meaning the international organization will apply the same rules to all legally married couples.
As people celebrate Women's Day on Sunday, the United Nations warned that the gender pay gap will not close in seven decades across the world if it continues to reduce at its current rate, The Guardian reports.
The United Nations has formally denounced the murders of Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, a Mexican journalist recently found killed weeks after his disappearance, and Kenji Goto, a Japanese freelancer assassinated by Islamist extremists in Syria.
The United Nations secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan The United Nations secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, according to a report by Reuters released on Tuesday.
