Negotiations for a pandemic treaty gain ground in political declaration
The U.N. health agency praised world leaders for a 'historic' commitment to working together against future pandemics.
Already have an account? Log in
The U.N. health agency praised world leaders for a 'historic' commitment to working together against future pandemics.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden each took the stage at the U.N. General Assembly to emphasize there are global stakes in the outcome of the war.
Despite the absences, the politics of catastrophe and climate inaction toward Earth's impaired health await the assembly's annual gathering of world leaders next week in New York.
Dow Jones’ lawyers want the working group to use its mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate the reporter's highly politicized case.
Almost all of the most popular international organizations have more than 10 million followers combined.
As climate litigation increases, the body of legal precedent grows, forming an increasingly well-defined field of law.
Just 15% of the SDGs – which include 169 specific targets and 17 broad goals that the world agreed to in 2015 – is on track.
Its aim is to protect and sustainably use marine life in high seas covering almost half of Earth's surface.
The total number of nuclear warheads fell worldwide, but the amount of operational nuclear weapons started to rise.
The U.N. General Assembly's vote for the next five seat-holders on the powerful Security Council for 2024-25 delivered a resounding win to an E.U. member over a Russian ally.
Virtually all the world's nations are negotiating proposals under the legally binding Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to limit toxic chemicals, pollutants and wastes.
Russia's status as U.N. Security Council president is bound up in a frozen-in-time power structure dating to World War II.
The European Court of Human Rights heard two climate cases brought by citizens against Swiss and French authorities.
The ICJ is being asked for a legal opinion on nations' legal obligations to fight global warming – and the consequences if they don't.
The idea is to preserve and teach an ugly chapter of history that might help ward off humanity’s worst impulses.
The voluntary commitments fall far short of a legally binding agreement like the 2015 Paris Agreement for climate change.