The United Nations (UN) is a massive intergovernmental organization founded after the end of World War II to foster healthy diplomacy; maintain global peace and stability; and facilitate international cooperation.
Based in New York with branches all over the world, the UN is the world's largest international organization.
It consists of six principal organs:
The UN also consists of several smaller agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The UN overall is led by the secretary-general, who is currently Antonio Guterres.
UN mediator Hans Grundberg will also push for the release of UN staff and others currently being held there.
Taiwan stands in unity with democracies and chooses to be on the right side of history to safeguard the rule-based society. What is your choice?
It may be too dangerous for UNRWA to operate in Gaza and parts of the West Bank without communications with Israel, officials claimed.
Antonio Guterres's dialogue about Israel has radically shifted over the past few years, but can the incoming administration fix it?
Global population is expected to reach 10.3 billion by the mid-2080s, according to the UN.
The 23-page report concluded that since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, against Israel, the conduct of hostilities in Gaza had "destroyed" local healthcare.
Hamas’s reliance on human shields is well-documented. The group stores weapons in schools, hospitals, and mosques, creating deliberate casualties in Israeli military operations.
The organization behind the report claimed it had relied on statistics provided by the UN from mid-November and would update the figures but did not withdraw its report, according to the Times.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the strike undermines the organization's efforts in Yemen
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a US-brokered 60-day ceasefire that calls for a phased Israeli military pullout after more than a year of war.
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