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News Articles: United Nations

What remains of the "Tree of Life" on Sunday, July 20, 2025, is visible off the coast of Efate Island, Vanuatu, after being toppled by cyclones in 2023 and further damaged by an earthquake in 2024.

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  • Climate

The U.N.'s highest court will decide on the climate obligations of countries

After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations, the U.N. asked the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion, a non-binding but important basis for international obligations.

July 23, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris.

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  • National

U.S. withdraws from U.N. cultural agency over 'divisive social and cultural causes'

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.S. took issue with UNESCO's focus on the U.N.'s sustainable development goals and the decision to include Palestine as a member state.

July 22, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15.

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  • World

Trump's pick for ambassador to the U.N. grilled over Signal chat scandal

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, removed from office amid the Signal chat controversy, spent Tuesday in the Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.

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  • Middle East

Iran says it will create a new uranium enrichment facility after a vote at the IAEA

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions.

June 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Traditional dancers perform during the opening session of the third United Nations Ocean Conference, which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life until June 13, in the southern French city of Nice, on Monday.

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  • Environment

U.N. Ocean Conference opens in France as U.S. government scientists stay away

Heads of state, mayors, scientists and policymakers have gathered in France to tackle what is being described as a global emergency facing the world's seas.

June 09, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations on Jan. 21, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump pulls Stefanik nomination for U.N. ambassador because of thin GOP House majority

The Republican congresswoman's nomination had been expected to easily clear the Senate — but Republicans are concerned about holding on to their thin majority in the House of Representatives.

March 27, 2025
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  • Tamara Keith
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

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  • World

Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024

The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, especially by those based in Congo and the Central African Republic.

March 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2024, at U.N. headquarters in New York.

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  • World

U.S. votes against a U.N. resolution urging Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine

The European-backed resolution that was approved demands Russia immediately withdraw its forces. The Trump administration had offered a competing resolution that did not mention Russian aggression.

February 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump speaks to the press from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30. On Tuesday, the president plans to sign on executive order pulling the U.S. out of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council

The president's executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.

February 03, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican from New York, testifies on Jan. 21 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.

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  • Politics

Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador is Elise Stefanik. Here's what to know

Elise Stefanik was a key defender of then-President Donald Trump during his impeachment proceedings and she later grilled university presidents over what she described as antisemitism.

January 21, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen
A teacher leads a class at a school for girls administered but the main U.N. agency for Palestinian aid, UNRWA, in Qalandia refugee camp, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, on Nov. 14. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5205331/israel-palestinians-unrwa-ban-west-bank"target="_blank"   >Click here for the fully story. </a>

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  • Middle East

As Israel bans UNRWA, Palestinians stand to lose schools and clinics, not only in Gaza

Israel is severing ties with the main United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinians. With the focus largely on Gaza, the move also threatens key services in the occupied West Bank.

December 03, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
The Peace Palace housing the World Court, or International Court of Justice, is reflected in a monument in The Hague, Netherlands.

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  • World

A landmark climate change case will open at the top U.N. court

The hearings come after years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters,

December 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Residents walk in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on Wednesday, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire took effect.

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  • World

The world welcomes the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, but worries remain

Celebratory gunfire rang out in Beirut to mark the start of a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to end almost 14 months of fighting.

November 27, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Palestinians are seen lining up for a meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 21, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Israel passes laws that may threaten the work of a U.N. aid agency in Gaza

The laws do not immediately take effect, but Israel’s international allies said they were deeply worried about their potential impact on Palestinians as the Gaza war’s humanitarian toll worsens.

October 29, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man an observation point along what's called the Blue Line on the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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  • Middle East

What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.

October 11, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
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