On June 26, 1945, in the aftermath of the deadliest conflict in human history, representatives from 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to sign a bold and visionary document: the Charter of the ...

US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated today that the West did whatever it deemed necessary in the SFR Yugoslavia and paid ...

The State of Qatar affirmed that effective global leadership for peace requires comprehensive reform of the United Nations system, fully consistent with the ...

With his announced ambition to take over Greenland (a Danish possession) and the Panama Canal, president-elect Donald Trump is throwing away a critical advantage the United States has held since the ...

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations produced a small paper shredder during a speech Friday to protest a general assembly resolution supporting Palestinian membership. Toward the end of his ...

The United Nations this fall is marking its 80th birthday, but it hardly seems an occasion to celebrate. Looking back on the global body’s origins — it was midwived, after all, by the Soviet spy Alger ...