The UN Refugee Agency, which operates worldwide, including in Myanmar, is battered by drops in voluntary funding and the US dismantling the international refugee convention. Can the agency and its ...

The fifth straw poll of the United Nations Security Council, conducted on Oct. 7, reveals no apparent candidate for UN secretary-general to lead the organization for the next five years, starting on ...

In an interview recently during the UN General Assembly high-level week, Nowrojee talked about what the world wants from the next UN secretary-general vs. what the powerful countries in the Security ...

A laundry worker at the Nyakunde Ebola Treatment Center, in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak of the virus hit the region in mid-May amid a continuing conflict ...

Jérôme Bonnafont, France’s envoy to the UN and monthly rotating president of the Security Council, led the body’s latest straw poll in the process to select the next UN secretary-general. There is no ...

His remarks echoed his address at the high-level week last year, blaming most of his country’s problems on France, except that this year’s address singled out its northern neighbor, Algeria, for ...

At the 81st UN General Assembly high-level week, dignitaries, diplomats and advocates moved through meetings where the futures of nations can hinge on the delicate balance of debate and persuasion.

Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong and Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia leaving the UN Security Council after it held its third secret straw poll in the process to select the next UN leader, Sept. 18.

The UN General Assembly debate with candidates campaigning for secretary-general, July 23, 2026. A PassBlue investigation into the English-language Wikipedia pages of each candidate, now numbering ...

Behind the scenes before the UN debate with candidates for secretary-general, including, from left: Michelle Bachelet, María Fernanda Espinosa and Rebeca Grynspan, July 23, 2026. The essayists, former ...

A town hall held on July 23, 2026, in the UN General Assembly in which the six candidates vying for UN chief diplomat at the time participated. The essayist, Graça Machel of The Elders peace advocacy ...

Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen of Denmark, monthly rotating president of the UN Security Council for August, confirming to media that Council members held an informal straw poll to vote for the ...