A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, reporting some 100,000 people are facing starvation, while a million more are on the brink of famine.
The U.N wants to pursue the ongoing peace talks with Syria despite tensions showed by the main opposition. The Syrian war has plagued much of the country as well as it citizens.
More than 155 countries are slated to sign the Paris climate agreement at the UN, setting in motion events that could see the treaty operational within a year. The UN says the expected record turnout for the signing shows overwhelming international support for tackling environmental issues.
An employee of Air China who was linked to a Macau billionaire in a bribery case faces her own legal battle. The billionaire was accused of bribing a former UN General Assembly president John Ashe to advance the interest of various Chinese businesses.
The year-long war in the country of Yemen has come to a truce. Allies of Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels have pledged to put a stop to the chaos to be able to start and rebuild the stricken country.
Israel is protesting the UN's decision to ban panels on Jerusalem and Arab Israelis from an exhibition at the United Nations on various aspects of the country and the heritage of the Jewish people.
Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand, has entered the race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary-general of the United Nations in a bid to become the first woman in the role of world’s top diplomat.
Bond actor Daniel Craig said on Monday that there should be more funding for the United Nations anti-mine agency. The British actor said that the work that the agency does increases the chances of survival for people.
The UN Security Council announced its support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara, calling for the controversy between Morocco and the U.N. secretary-general to be addressed so the mission can resume full operation.
Canadian law professor Michael Lynk was nominated to be the surveyor of the activites that are happening in Palestenian territories. The UN Human Rights chief council proposed the nomination which is expected to be followed by its members.
U.S. authorities have made another arrest in relation to the ongoing investigations on the United Nations bribery scandal, wherein a former U.N. General Assembly president faciliated the acquisition of diplmatic positions in exchange for large sums of money.
The United Nations announced that the government of Syria has already approved 'in principle'. The 'in principle' is a request from the UN and other humanitarian agencies that aim to provide help to the besieged towns in Syria
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu will still attend the peace talks set by France with the Palestinian government. Although he feared that the Palestines will not compromise a bit specially if they know they still will get what they want.
The United Nations has officially supported the peacetalks between Columbia and FARC as a step to fully end the longest war in Latin America that had started since 1964.
A civil war is about to end as Columbia government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia made an agreement to have a 12-month mission to be possible with any ceasefire between the government and rebels. It is said to fully end the conflict that have arisen between the two parties since 1964.
Representatives from the Libyan government are firm in casting out new government being suggested by the UN. UN's plan to create a new structure is to unify the poitical arena in Libya.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the U.N. is focusing on starting the talks on Jan. 25. However, he said it can't send out invitations until the key countries agree on an opposition list. He hinted the talks could be delayed.
The rival candidates in Afghanistan's messy election for a new president finally struck a power-sharing deal on Saturday, aides said, after more than two months of tension over a vote in which each side accused the other of fraud.
