Guinea's transition to democracy is a difficult one. In advance of the second-round of the presidential election scheduled for Sunday October 31, we look at Guinea's recent political past in the first of a three-part series.
A powerful cyclone hits Burma/Myanmar right before the first national elections in 20 years. The United States and international community is offering assistance. Will the military junta accept the aid?
The SG just arrived in Cambodia today after visiting Thailand. On Friday, he will attend the ASEAN-UN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hillary Clinton makes a special trip to the United Nations Security Council today for the tenth anniversary of a landmark Security Council resolution on incorporating women and gender perspectives to the UN's peace and security efforts.
Today the HRC Review officially began in Geneva with the first meeting of the intergovernmental working group.
Ban Ki Moon embarks on a swing through South east Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and China. He will face stiff resistance to a U.S. proposal for a commission of inquiry for rights abuses in Burma.
A live stream of an important Security Council meeting on Sudan begins at 10 am. The full Council will be briefed by the heads of the UN mission in Southern Sudan and the joint AU/UN Mission in Darfur. UPDATES
The United Nations turns sixty-five years old today. For UN day, UN Foundation President Senator Tim Wirth pens an op-ed on the lasting value and utility of the United Nations.
Haiti is currently facing its first cholera outbreak in a hundred years. It’s not a surprise, exactly. It was something public health experts have been afraid of since the earthquake. But after nine months, we were starting to hope maybe it wouldn’t happen.