Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel ...

Human Rights Watch leverages our research on countries and issues addressed at the United Nations to inform UN officials and member states of key findings, influence policy on a wide range of ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first ...

But the Palestinian Authority, which represents the Palestinian people at the U.N. where the delegation is known as the State of Palestine, is not a full member and does not have a vote in the 193 ...

The Security Council, the United Nations’ principal crisis-management body, is empowered to impose binding obligations on the 193 UN member states to maintain peace. The Security Council’s ...

In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns supreme: a powerful club of countries within the United Nations headquarters that has ...

UNITED NATIONS — Palestinians took a seat among member states at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, a new right accorded to the Palestinian Authority’s delegation despite it not being a full ...

Twelve days later, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the United States to establish and ... was invited to speak at the United Nations even though the territories were not a U ...

Every member of the United Nations is required to contribute to the organization’s budget. The United States has been the largest donor since the body’s founding in 1945.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): ... The Palestinians are a non-member observer state at the United Nations, the same status as the Holy See.