Angelina Jolie, has decided to quit her role as a Special Envoy to the United Nations refugee agency citing a desire to “work differently”.

The UN has removed Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women for violations against women's rights, but many countries with poor records remain on the council.

Empowering continents and ensuring lasting peace - a case for permanent continental members at the UN Security Council

The Montreux Declaration presents a coherent alternative to the UN's design flaws for achieving genuine world peace, argues Lukas Pfluger.

With poverty, corruption, and functional illiteracy affecting many nations, can the UN Parliamentary Assembly's proposal for representative democracy succeed?

The UN HRC approved a fact-finding investigation into human rights violations in Iran. However, the vote reveals three disturbing facts about the Council and its ability to protect human rights.

The UN Security Council finally establishes sanctions regime on Haiti to punish actors threatening peace and security.

Following the General Assembly declaring the annexation of Ukrainian illegal, Russia's presence on the UN Security Council has officially lost its legal basis.

As Cholera outbreak spreads across 29 countries, UNICEF calls for 27.5 million to combat disease.

The IAEA has successfully preserved the spirit nuclear disarmament, but today we know that the enforcement of international law fails without a multilateral body of enforcement.

People and nations may disagree, they may commit crimes, but these antagonisms can be resolved in countless ways. Why war?

Quickly catch up with some of the best/worst quotes of the United Nations General Assembly debates.

The Human Rights Council passed a resolution on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

While the ICC is busy with sanctimonious show trials in the Global South, the need for a supranational criminal court that prosecutes corruption without fear and favour is rising.

One cannot help comparing Guterres to a spouse in an abusive relationship who does what they can to protect their children from constant harm.

The WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, warned of a growing risk of pathogenic outbreaks on the continent, caused by human proximity to wild and domesticated animals.

Mexico threatens to sue the UN following the WHO's failure to provide the country with covid vaccines.

The UN defines torture as cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Solitary confinement clearly reaches this bar, stripping prisoners of their rights to socialisation at the cost of their mental health.

UN-aligned calls on the OHCHR to take action to ban harmful conversion practices against LGBTQ+

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus, Anaïs Marin, issued her annual report on June 29, which paints a dire picture of tightening legislation and diminishing civil and political rights.