Because today, the United Nations can, to some, seem to serve the narrow national interests of its 193 member countries — especially the most powerful ones — and not ordinary citizens.

The United Nations explained. Its purpose, power and problems. Last updated: September 15, 2018 ... The United Nations Charter was signed at a conference in San Francisco in June 1945, ...

It was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organizations and came into force on 24 October 1945.

Amid ongoing protests over extrajudicial killings, police brutality, calls for justice and good governance in Kenya, many are ...

The most famous previous gathering of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was in 1997, in Kyoto, Japan. The attendees agreed to what became known as the Kyoto ...

Foreign ministers from 18 nations in the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, planned to meet on Monday to discuss what can be done regarding Mr. Maduro, who has presided over the ...