Heart Strings remixes light, touch and music to bring awareness to health care, education and protection of youth worldwide. The event is coming to cities across the U.S. and lands at Atlanta's Pullman Yards through May 5.
The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.
The U.S. and Israel are close allies, but they've had sharp disagreements. Are the current differences over the war in Gaza a short-term dispute or a fundamental change in the relationship?
The Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a cease-fire through the end of Ramadan in two weeks. The United States abstained from the vote, allowing the measure to pass.
For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.
The temporary pier will not require U.S. troops to land in Gaza to build the pier or causeway. United Nations workers and other aid groups will distribute the aid.
The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador was the last major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.
"This is the first time that this has happened in recent years," said Martin Griffiths of the United Nations. about the reduced ask. Why in a time of greater need is the U.N. lowering its appeal?
Tuesday's vote marked the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The Arab nations behind the plan hoped to show broad support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.
The guiding principles of the document, championed by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the United Nations in 1948, influenced the civil rights movement and the work of the Carter Center. But at events in Atlanta on Monday, discussions about the UDHR's ideals also acknowledged the difficulties in heeding them.
This year's United Nations climate summit is being held in the petroleum-dependent United Arab Emirates. Delegates began by approving a landmark fund to pay for climate losses.
World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.
Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.