President Barack Obama's campaign to combat terrorism continued at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. The president also discussed the Ebola virus outbreak and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
South American country has struggled with deforestation Brazil rejected on Tuesday an anti-deforestation pledge, which was the centerpiece of a one-day summit of the United Nations in New York.
The 69th General Debate at the General Assembly will include discussion of immigration, climate change and the potential threat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Agencies fighting Ebola virus outbreak need $1 billion A week after the World Health of Organization announced that fighting the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa would cost $600 million, the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon announced it was in need of $1 billion to do so.
On Tuesday, United Nations weather agency World Meteorological Organization released a report revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013.
Mexican migrants have entered the U.S. in large numbers, but the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs revealed the second most common native country is not from Latin America.
The United Nations announced the capture of 43 UNDOF troops in the Golan Heights. They confirmed as well that 81 UNDOF troops have been surrounded and demand the immediate release of all troops.
Latin American and the Caribbean have made strides in reducing poverty, but the United Nations Development Programme revealed many of the region's people are unable to enter the middle class.
The United Nations declared the highest emergency level for the conflict in Iraq. The United Nations has declared the highest emergency level for the conflict in Iraq, which continues to escalate as government troops and Sunni militants battle for control of the region.
Amal Alamuddin was appointed to the expert panel to investigate the Israel offensive on GAza last month - but she turned it down. With an upcoming wedding and several cases, the lawyer may have been too busy.
Israel instated a humanitarian cease-fire Wednesday, but Hamas rejected the proposal. Israel shot artillery shells into a U. N-run school housing Gaza evacuees early Wednesday, killing at least 20 and wounding many others, according to Palestinian officials and the school's U.
AIDS is a disease that has affected almost 75 million since the start of the epidemic in the 1980s, and it has claimed the lives of about 36 million people globally. But according to the UN, AIDS/HIV could be controlled by 2030 and ended "in every region, in every country."
June 5 is the United Nation's World Environment Day. This year, the event is being hosted by Barbados as the event focuses on small islands at risk of being washed away by rising sea levels.
Teen births in the U.S. are reported to be at an all-time low with both the number of births and birth rate dropping by 10 percent in the last year, according to federal data released Thursday.
A new United Nations report regarding torture and sexual abuse concluded that the Vatican exercises control of its bishops and priests worldwide and did not fully comply with the U.N.'s global anti-torture treaty.
The Ecuadorian government on Thursday issued an environmental permit with the signed approval of its Environment Ministry for oil drilling in the Amazon's Yasuni National Park.
