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Pupils wear face masks as they attend class at Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda
Education
Uganda’s schools reopen, ending world’s longest lockdown
The International Space Station is a great example of how space has, for the most part, been a peaceful and collaborative international arena.
Global Politics
Space law hasn’t been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful
Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus
A view of a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU officials accuse Belarus of creating a new migrant crisis
A health worker inoculates a man next to a banner thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in New Delhi, India
Top of The World
A milestone for India: 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.
Moroccan UN peacekeepers wearing blue helmets patrol a rich soil road Bangassou, Central African Republic, Feb. 14, 2021. 
Critical State
Externalities of intervention: Part I
People wearing masks stand in front of white bags of food aid
Conflict & Justice
Russia’s vote at UN could cut off humanitarian aid to northwest Syria
Men in suits, some wearing masks and sunglasses stand together
Leaders
Will Ghebreyesus’ pandemic report card earn him a second WHO term?
Stranded Australian citizens arrive to catch a bus to take a rescue flight from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 1, 2020. Stranded tourists from Australia and New Zealand boarded a chartered flight out of Nepal Wednesday. The Nep
Australians stranded amid the pandemic take their case to the UN
At the entrance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Headquarters, an Avaaz.org activist dressed as Eva Peron — also known as Evita — sings "Don't feed the greed Kristalina," an adaptation of "Don't cry for me Argentina" from the hit musical "Evita,"
Business, Economics and Jobs
COVID-19 recovery in wealthy countries far outpaces the developing world, IMF warns
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is shown speaking at a podium with microphones in front of her and a blue backgroud in the distance.
Biden administration
Watch live: Biden’s pick for UN post says US will counter China’s agenda
Two uniformed soldiers stand on top of a UN tank with two soldiers looking on and children in the background
Critical State
Peacekeeping work: Part II
Two caskets covered with UN flags on display near a Turkish airlines plane and military personel standing nearby.
Critical State
Peacekeeping work: Part I
Two Haitians protest with a pink sign against UN peacekeeping mission that caused a massive cholera epidemic.
Global Politics
10 years on, UN officials reflect on Haiti cholera epidemic caused by peacekeeping mission
In this image made from UNTV video, US President Donald Trump speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2020, at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
US-China relations
US-China expert: Trump’s UNGA speech shows dangers of fraying diplomatic relations
A young girl is shown sitting at a classroom desk wearing a protective face mask and plastic face guard while holding a pen.
Top of The World
UN head warns of ‘a generational catastrophe’; Record temperatures in Iraq; Belarus’ president aligns with Russia
Rohingya refugees stand in a makeshift refugee camp made mostly of tents.
Conflict & Justice
A new report on the Rohingya crisis reveals systemic problems within the UN
This bright red New York City tour bus carries a message about the war being fought in Yemen.
Conflict & Justice
An ad targeting world leaders, delivered on a big red bus
Three people walk past a stone house bombed out by an air strike in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen, August 8, 2018.
Conflict
The UN says some Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes
Kofi Annan
Former UN leader Kofi Annan dies in Switzerland
Arts, Culture & Media
Shashi Tharoor
Arts, Culture & Media
In Praise of Good Men
Social media
Global Politics
Confronting the new geopolitics of ‘net-states’
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a session on reforming the United Nations at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017.
Global Politics
President Trump attends his first UN General Assembly this week. Here’s what to expect.
An opposition supporter is detained by riot police during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.
Conflict
A UN report says there’s been ‘widespread and systematic use of excessive force’ in Venezuela
United Nations peacekeepers meet women and children on their path during a patrol near Bentiu, northern South Sudan, Feb. 11, 2017.
Conflict
President Trump, do you think cutting UN funding by 50 percent will make America safer?
Draft executive orders proposed a 40% cut in funding to the United Nations.
Global Politics
What a cut to its UN funding does to US leverage in the world
A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, known to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim, in the West Bank, on Dec. 22.
Global Politics
Netanyahu: Obama failed to protect Israel against UN ‘gang-up’ and ‘colluded behind the scenes’
Police use pepper spray against protesters trying to cross a stream near an oil pipeline construction site near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 2, 2016.
Conflict
The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abuses
Leaders
Environment
After quick action, the Paris climate deal is set to go into effect way earlier than expected
The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York, April 2016.
Economics
The UN just took on antibiotic resistance, but can diplomacy help us combat disease?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taxes for the rich, equality for the rest, says economist
A group of children jump and reach for a ball on a volleyball court at a refugee camp in Germany after World War II
Conflict
It’s not just the Olympics. Sports have been important in refugee camps for decades.
displaced yemeni girl stands
Conflict
UN blacklisted Saudi coalition for killing children in Yemen — then abruptly changed its mind
Abdallah Abu-Bakr Al-Ghazouli fled Darfur in 2007. He's tried to get refugee status in Lebanon since. Now he and some other Sudanese asylum seekers are camping out 100 feet from the UNHCR office in Beirut.
Conflict
In Lebanon, if you’re not a Syrian it’s even harder to get refugee status
World leaders gather for a group photo at the Nov. 30 opening of the UN's global climate summit in Paris. The conference was supposed to adjourn today but with key parts of the text still to be nailed down, negotiations have been extended into the weekend
Environment
In Paris, the push for a global climate deal goes into overtime
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza speak to the press in Gitega, Burundi.
Conflict
US Ambassador Samantha Power: ‘The match could be laid’ to ignite Burundi conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, September 28, 2015.
Global Politics
Putin returns to the UN to cut a deal with the West on Syria
Samantha Power at the UN
Conflict
Diplomats at the UN this week will be greeted by faces of women persecuted around the world
David Hyde stands in front of his tent in Geneva, Switzerland.
Business
Update: Tent-living UN intern ‘comes clean,’ planned stunt to publicize intern conditions
US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power reads a statement following a United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution about the ongoing crisis in Iraq on August 15, 2014.
Conflict
Shocking photos push Samantha Power to seek peace in Syria
The temporary monument "Pillar of Shame" in Berlin commemorated the 1995 mass murder in Srebrenica.
Justice
Serbia is finally seeking those responsible for the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica
Michael Kirby, who helped lead the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, holds a copy of his report during a news conference at the United Nations in February 2014.
Justice
Kim Jong-un is one step closer to being charged with crimes against humanity
Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014.
Conflict
Foreign fighters are joining jihadi groups in ‘unprecedented’ numbers
Behind this tangle of barbed wire in the Place d'Armes in Gonaives, a boy was sexually assaulted by UN peacekeepers, according to a UN investigation.
Justice
The UN let off peacekeepers involved in a Haitian boy’s rape
The interpreters' booth at the Nuremberg trials. From left to right: Capt. Macintosh, British Army, translates from French into English; Miss Margot Bortlin, translates from German into English; Lt. Ernest Peter Uiberall, Monitor.
Global Politics
How the Nuremberg Trials changed interpretation forever
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, sleep on the ground at the Bajed Kadal refugee camp in southwest Dohuk province on August 23, 2014.
Conflict
A former UN relief coordinator says Iraqi and Syrian refugees pose the biggest humanitarian crisis of our generation
A United Nations peacekeeper stands guard are Haitians gather to see U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visit the village of Los Palmas.
Conflict
Haitian moms demand UN help for the babies their peacekeepers left behind
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law
Arts, Culture & Media
This one music video has started a global wave of happiness
Global Politics
The State Department has given Syria’s UN Ambassador a very tight virtual leash
Michael Kirby, chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea holds a copy of his report during a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva February 17, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
A UN report details atrocities in North Korea that are painful to even imagine
Global Scan
Woody Allen is in the spotlight again over old accusations
Pope Francis
Lifestyle & Belief
A UN committee on children’s rights grills the Vatican over clergy sexual abuse
A French military sniper readies his rifle in Bangui.
Conflict & Justice
Religion is not the real issue in the Central African Republic’s conflict
An ex-Seleka soldier stands guard in Bossangoa, Central African Republic.
Conflict & Justice
France reasserts itself in Africa, with fresh troops to a troubled Central African Republic
Leguisie Louis (L), a farmer, was born in Haiti but moved to the Dominican Republic in 1959. He's seen here walking with his granddaughter, Maxileidy. A court ruling retroactively denies Dominican nationality to anyone born after 1929 who does not have a
Conflict & Justice
There’s a long story behind ‘anti-Haitianismo’ in the Dominican Republic
The OPCW Inspection Team leaving for Syria on 30 September.
Conflict & Justice
Nobel Prize shoves the small Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into the spotlight
Even before the chemical attack, the Zamalka neighborhood of Damascus suffered government bombardment.
Conflict & Justice
Weapons inspectors have nothing to offer residents of destroyed Damascus neighborhood