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Nations adopt 2030 health coverage goal
The U.N. General Assembly called on all nations to work towards enabling everyone to have affordable, quality health services by 2030.
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The U.N. General Assembly called on all nations to work towards enabling everyone to have affordable, quality health services by 2030.
Delegates will consider what to do in the face of the announcement last year by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw his nation's participation.
A Swiss payments license would make Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency subject to Swiss financial regulators.
UNCTAD is looking at how to solve the climate crisis, particularly how sea level rise impacts small island nations.
Under the legally binding Macolin treaty, a special committee will be set up to create procedural rules and a mandate.
Little more than 60% of all refugee children are able to go to primary schools, versus 90% among all children globally.
The summit is held once every three years to examine protections for wild animals and plants traded internationally.
The summit in France was overshadowed by fears of an escalating trade war between the United States and China.
The E.U.'s antitrust probe of the Libra project focuses on concerns it would improperly shut out rival payment systems.
To mark the anniversary, diplomats planned to discuss the strengths and weakness of international humanitarian law.
Their demands call for supporting developing nations, paying for cleaner technologies, and pressuring wealthy nations.
The IPCC shows how overconsumption and ill treatment of animals, forests and plants is making global warming worse.
The treaty, which took effect in 2014, builds on efforts to protect women and girls from violence since the 1990s. Some nations say they oppose it based on sovereignty concerns.
Difficulties in hiring non-European staff and overcoming perceptions of corporate secrecy weigh on the sports body.
The new rules prevent Caster Semenya from defending her world title in the 800 meters at the world championships in Qatar in September — unless she submits to them.
The military delivered more than 88,000 tons of packages and letters last year and must now plan for a possible disruption.