United Nations

Fellow diplomats pay tribute to 'diplomatic maestro and deeply caring man'.

The 64-year old has been an ambassador to the world body since 2006.

The famine comes as a result of a prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the East African nation.

Failings to ensure first peaceful transition of power in DRC could spark rise of insecurity and instability.

António Guterres has vowed to make bureaucratic UN 'more nimble and effective'.

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

The UN says that 17.1 million people struggle to eat in the war-torn country.

Women fear violence and abuse as they attempt to reach safety in Europe.

The annual UN report on Afghanistan show civilian casualty at all-time high since Taliban demise in 2001.

Human Rights Watch is the latest group to denounce violence committed against the marginalised Rohingya Muslims.

Iran neither confirmed nor denied the launch, but said it would never use such a missile to target another country.

The test comes within a week since President Donald Trump imposed a ban on people entering the US from Iran.

Nikki Haley said the Trump administration was ready to 'fix anything that seems obsolete' within the United Nations.

O'Brien urged UNSC members with influence to pressure the Syrian government to allow aid deliveries.

A group of congressmen has submitted a bill that seeks to end US membership in the UN.

Incoming US President Donald Trump had threatened to pull out of the deal, calling climate concerns a "hoax".

Xi Jinping told the UN this was not the time for isolationist policies.

Ban Ki-moon in the second bi-annual report said Tehran might have supplied weapons to Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah.

Maria Emma Mejia, Colombia's ambassador to the UN, said the film was a source of 'great worry and surprise'.

Blue-coated officials criticised for 'partying with' female militants.

UN head appeals for ceasefires to be honoured and compromises made at the negotiating table.

Ban described his two-term period at the helm of the global body as something of a fairy tale.

The president-elect has criticised a recent resolution against illegal Israeli settlements.

Evidence of the crimes will be 'carefully documented' and made public for inspection, Russia says.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said that Americans should just 'shut up'.

The UN Security Council passed the resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements.

The Security Council also approved providing aid for another year.

President has claimed he used to roam streets and kill criminals as part of his 'war on drugs'.

Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo in the country amid fears of rising violence.

The delivery of aid is irregular, and dependent on security conditions.