More than 60 United Nations offices, agencies and operations have been ordered to submit proposals by mid-June to cut 20% of ...

Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United ...

For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights ...

The UAE has achieved a new diplomatic milestone by winning, for the first time, the presidency of the General Assembly of the ...

Malaysia is in its final lap to bid for UN-Habitat General Assembly presidency, says Housing and Local Government Ministry.

The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the ...

Azerbaijan welcomes the resolutions on combating Islamophobia adopted by the UN General Assembly and calls for the immediate ...

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of ...

H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 68th session on 14 June 2013. At the time of his election, he was serving as Permanent Representative of ...

The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results.

The UN Charter mandates the appointment of the head of the UN by the General Assembly following the recommendation of the Security Council. Essentially, 9 out of 15 members of the Security Council ...