Every September, leaders from around the world gather at the United Nations in New York to debate and pass resolutions on the biggest issues facing the planet. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens ...

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NHK has learned that the United States, under President Donald Trump's second administration, has voted against about 90 percent of resolutions passed with a vote by the United Nations General ...

* For the text of the decision, see the Sixth Committee's report to the General Assembly. ** Item considered also by the Fifth Committee.

The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee overwhelmingly adopted seven resolutions in support of Palestine, reinforcing international opposition to Israeli occupation policies and affirming ...

The General Assembly is the main deliberative and representative organ of the United Nations, comprising all 193 Member States. In accordance with UNHCR’s Statute, the High Commissioner follows policy ...

UNITED NATION (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for a 33rd year. Yet the vote — as Hurricane Melissa tore through the island ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump surely intended, his “20-point Gaza plan” succeeded in upstaging calls by many other world leaders at the UN General Assembly for concrete, coordinated UN-led measures ...