Founded in 1944, the Washington-based World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its mission is to fight poverty and to help people help themselves and their environment.
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Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity as nations, which could alter the amount of protection — and independence from courts — that staff are given at organizations operating under U.S. laws.
After eight years in the minority, Democrats vowed to redirect, block or investigate Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's domestic and foreign programs and priorities.
The U.N.'s new human rights chief and UNICEF are generating thousands of engagements on Twitter, another sign of how indispensable social media has become for organizations.
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorsed a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
A new review of U.N. whistleblowing policies and practices by the U.N.'s Joint Inspection Unit showed little improvement from retaliation cases reported more than a decade earlier.
The U.N. secretary-general demanded that nations act far faster and more decisively to combat the climate crisis.
The world's foremost international organization for financing projects on environmental change sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
The United Nations and UNICEF are the most popular organizations on Twitter, where U.S. President Donald Trump has overtaken Pope Francis in the most-followed ranking.
Beyond the repercussions in Washington and Beijing, international organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.
The release of UNCTAD's report comes amid geopolitical and trade tensions, financial volatility, rising interest rates in rich nations and expected weaker demand for commodities.
A summit with the U.S. could expand North Korea's little-known involvement with international organizations.
The ILO identified workplace harassment and violence as a top issue before the #MeToo movement emerged last year.
The African Union's anti-corruption theme builds on a widely adopted convention for more cooperation and asset recovery.
By the start of 2018, the governments of 92% of the U.N.'s 193 member nations belonged to the Twitterverse.
