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Three-quarters of UN members have already or soon plan to recognise Palestinian statehood, with Australia becoming the latest ...
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at next month's United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...
A growing number of countries are pledging to recognize a Palestinian state, with more than 145 nations now joining the call ...
Mountains – often referred to as the world’s ‘water towers’ – are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and ...
The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar said victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence, strangulation and other forms of torture.
NSA Mike Waltz was nominated as UN ambassador after he mistakenly added a journalist to a Signal chat discussing military plans. Donald Trump last weekend named State Department spokesperson Tammy Bru ...
Key United Nations conventions on human rights address several forms of discrimination; specifically, they serve to eliminate racial discrimination (the International Convention on the Elimination ...
The Security Council of the United Nations, entrusted with the maintenance of international peace and security, was soon paralysed by the inability of its permanent members to take decisions on ...
The United Nations' highest court has said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change by cooperating to curb emissions, as it delivered an opinion set to determine ...