The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN general assembly to hold special session this week as experts say rises already locked in by climate change mean disappearance of many atolls

US-UAE boost military cooperation as Middle East tensions over war in Gaza surge and despite friction over Sudan war.

The security cordons are up. The streets are ready to be sealed off. Aircraft from myriad nations are landing in New York.

Former secretary of state accuses oil and gas companies of ‘business as usual’ at major climate summit in New York

If Australia was a small developing country, then the ability of the oil and gas industry to exploit our political system, and in turn our natural resources, would make perfect sense. Most people have read stories of multinational companies bending the domestic policies of developing countries to suit the interests…

As one of the world's most biodiverse countries, Colombia is determined to lead by example when it hosts an upcoming UN summit to save nature, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad told AFP on Monday.

Thousands flee Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, with volunteers providing aid. U.N. allocates emergency funding.

Israel urges UN condemnation of Hezbollah attack on Haifa amid rising tensions. US response uncertain.

Thousands of people are fleeing south Lebanon as Israel carries out its deadliest bombardment in the country since its war with Hezbollah in 2006

Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’.

Diplomats trying to prevent escalation in Israel-Hezbollah conflict amid bombing campaign in Lebanon