Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In January, Washington announced the US would withdraw and cease funding for 31 UN entities - Timothy A. Clary/AFP The United ...

The world body warned it would run out of money by July and have to close its New York headquarters if countries, namely the United States, did not pay annual dues that amount to billions of dollars.

GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. chief has told member states the organisation is at risk of "imminent financial collapse," citing unpaid fees and a budget rule that forces the global body to ...

Impunity Prevails for Abuses Against Women, Men; Survivors Suffer for Years ...

As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end of the year, 2016 ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders last ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations.