United Nations

With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped we mourn the loss of a piece of our …

A UN Committee has published a scathing denunciation of US failures to honor its treaty commitments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The upcoming UN Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will provide an important opportunity to increase international cooperation and knowledge sharing between and within regions.

Pope Francis recommends the United Nations determine how best to cope with the spreading threat of the Islamic State.

A teenage blogger and the father of a toddler describe what it's like to be civilians under attack in Gaza.

At least 16 people were killed and more than 200 injured Thursday when a school used as a United Nations shelter came under fire in Gaza.

The situation in the occupied Gaza Strip is critical for the civilians living there and requires urgent attention.

After a week of direct actions protesting privatization and water service shutoffs, the people of Detroit reject a Wall Street-dictated world, decry commodification of the commons and push back …

A severe water crisis in financially bankrupt Detroit has prompted several NGOs to appeal for UN intervention.

Activists in Detroit have appealed to the United Nations over the cityu2019s move to shut off the water of thousands of residents.