The top United Nations court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that ...

When the United Nations was founded in aftermath of World War II, The Hague once again became the center of international law. But while all other main UN bodies were located in New York, the ...

The Nobel Committee awarded the prize because “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has ...

Associated Press United Nations peacekeeping operation takes measure of challenges on horizon as it marks 75th anniversary ‘The U.N.’s track record may not be perfect, but nobody else is much ...

Peacekeeping missions are pretty cheap in comparison, at only about $6 billion a year, with the United States covering 25% of the total. Investing more in peace is a bargain.

In 75 years, the United Nations, its specialised agencies, related agencies, funds, programmes and staff were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize twelve times.

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

September 21 International Day of Peace, which originated in 1989 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. A few decades later, the General Assembly declared to make the day a " period of non ...