Each September, the United Nations General Assembly kicks off its annual session with high-level meetings and pomp and circumstance in New York. This is the forum where the world’s countries come to ...

Every three years, the member states of the United Nations negotiate how to apportion the expenses of the U.N. regular budget and the peacekeeping budget. These negotiations center on the U.N. “scale ...

BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told countries that the world body’s peacekeeping operation is “only as strong as member states’ commitment to it” as he pleaded with them Tuesday ...

People pursue careers at the United Nations for reasons as varied as the countries from which they hail. Many prospective staff members envision serving at some point in their career in regions beset ...

The United Nations will observe 60 years of peacekeeping operations on 29 May 2008, the annual observance of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, by paying tribute to all peacekeepers who have ...

UN Peacekeepers help countries that are torn by conflict to create conditions conducive to lasting peace. Peacekeepers often serve as referees, enabling the peace process by upholding the terms of the ...

The 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, with top diplomats and government leaders from around the world converging on New York. The theme of the general ...

Earlier in October, General Upendra Dwivedi addressed the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs Conclave in New Delhi, highlighting the challenges faced by global peacekeeping ...

On September 28, President Barack Obama convened a summit of more than 50 world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The gathering followed a similar effort by U.S. Vice ...

With a wave of his hand on Wednesday morning, Russian United Nations Ambassador Vitaly Churkin sent the U.N. Security Council back in time. He raised his hand to veto a resolution that uses the term ...

A report released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office found that US contributions to United Nations peacekeeping efforts offer significant savings when compared to the cost of similar, ...