Its headquarters are in New York, where the General Assembly is held every year. This is where members can vote on matters of global significance. How Many Countries Are Members of the United Nations? The makeup of the UN is constantly changing to reflect global geopolitics. Many new member...
Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland were elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for 2023-2024, replacing Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway and India from January 1, 2023.RELATED STORIES The future of parallel globalization – Wes...
Guyana's permanent representative to the United Nations Carloyn Rodrigues-Birkett speaks at a flag installation ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, on Jan. 2, 2024. Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia began their roles as non-permanent members of the UN Security C...
UNITED NATIONS, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2023, and serve till Dec. 31,...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed to hold an online five-way summit, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interfax news agency reported. Leaders of China, the United States...
Noting that the current global political and economic landscape as well as international relations are undergoing major changes, the leaders said the United Nations should play a central coordinating role in promoting the building of a more representative, democratic, and equitable multipolar world system...
UNESCO, specialized agency of the UN that promotes international collaboration in education, science, and culture.
Structure of the United Nations (UN) The UN is made up of five principal bodies: the UN General Assembly, the UN Secretariat, the International Court of Justice, the UN Security Council, and the UN Economic and Social Council. A sixth, the UN Trusteeship Council, has been inactive since ...
“autonomouscommunitieswithin the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a commonallegianceto the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.” TheStatute of ...
John McGuire, a state senator, got a big boost in his primary challenge against the sitting Freedom Caucus chair: the endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump.