Thousands of mainly white South Africans, hoping the grass is greener on the other side of the hill, are taking advantage of ...

The essayist, a UN human rights specialist, writes that a new survivors of torture charter has been written by “people who have experienced this most violent of crimes” to demand that the world help ...

When Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, was asked whether Beijing intended to fill the financial and other ...

The UN Refugee Agency has a new executive in the Mexico City office, arriving amid a demanding moment for the organization in ...

PassBlue and the 1 for 8 Billion campaign are working together to increase public awareness of candidates’ visions for the United Nations. Our partners – 15 leading NGOs with diverse expertise – have ...

Bachelet frames prevention as central to international peace and security, positioning peacekeeping and peacebuilding as tools for prevention alongside mediation, early warning and preventive ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking to reporters about the Mideast, April 14, 2026. He has proposed an initiative to help the flow of fertilizer get through the Strait of Hormuz amid war in ...

The candidates will appear before the General Assembly on April 21-22 to take questions from member states and civil society. Shortly following these General Assembly dialogues, PassBlue and 1 for 8 ...

Rebeca Grynspan at the World Economic Forum, Jan. 21, 2026, before she announced her candidacy for UN secretary-general, in March, and temporarily stepped down as head of the UN Trade and Development ...

Carolyn Schwalger, left, New Zealand’s envoy to the UN, and Brian Wallace, Jamaica’s ambassador, co-chairs of the informal working group on the UN80 reform initiative, March 27, 2026. They recently ...

Ambassador Jamal Fares Alrowaiei of Bahrain to the UN and rotating president of the Security Council for April, met with reporters on April 1, 2026, to explain his country’s program for the month, ...

The next UN leader may be a woman, the essayist writes, not because of progress in gender equality but because the UN “is entering a period of acute institutional crisis.” When organizations falter, ...