The World of International Organizations
June 18, 2018
The U.N.’s top human rights official called on the U.S. to immediately end a new policy that has separated nearly 2,000 migrant children from parents.
June 18, 2018
The U.N. is convening its first outer space conference in almost two decades, the celestial counterpart to its Earth-bound mission to prevent more wars.
June 15, 2018
The international organization that runs the world’s largest atom smasher has begun work on a major upgrade to improve chances for more discoveries.
June 15, 2018
The U.N.’s Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel is preparing to report on how Earth will change if it warms past the limit agreed at Paris in 2015.
June 14, 2018
In its first report on the disputed region of Kashmir, the U.N. human rights office pinned blame for violence on both India and Pakistan.
June 13, 2018
FIFA overwhelmingly selected Canada, Mexico and the United States as 2026 World Cup football hosts, the first such major decision in eight years.
June 12, 2018
Two nuclear watchdogs declared themselves prepared to carry out the monitoring and verification North Korea would need for denuclearization.
June 11, 2018
A decade after its invention, blockchain technology is inspiring the launch of new international organizations and potential new uses.
June 10, 2018
The G-7 had more than an image problem on its hands when the U.S. president alienated other leaders and insulted the Canadian prime minister.
June 7, 2018
A U.N. special investigator argued that human rights should be added to the agenda of the planned U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit on June 12.