During a seminar held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies on Monday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the society's president Padma Choling highlighted China's role as a contributor, advocator and practitioner of the declaration over the years. While some...More

The casualty data of this round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being updated every day, causing concern and distress for the civilians living in the area. According to Israeli media reports on October 9, the conflict has resulted in more than 1,300 deaths and over 5,000 injuries on...More

Mr. President, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. This mid-term review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is taking place at a time of extremely critical juncture, in which developing countries face multiple challenges and an unjust economic...More

The UN Security Council (UNSC), with China as the president for May, held an open debate on Sunday to discuss the Palestine-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip, which has caused more than 180 deaths and more than 1,000 wounded on both sides so far. Chinese State Councilor and...More

Editor's Note: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. In the face of rising unilateralism, particularly from the US, and amid increasingly complex and severe global challenges, how might humanity protect the authority of the organization? And what role can China play...More

Editor's Note: With the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many parts of the world, multilateral cooperation is seen as the sole solution. The United Nations (UN) is considered the pillar of upholding multilateralism. Whereas this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of this international organization, a...More

Havana, Aug 13. Cuba and the United Nations System (UNS) signed Thursday the United Nations Framework for Cooperation for Sustainable Development, which will guide the support of the different agencies, funds and programs over the next four years. Rodrigo Malmierca, head of the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment...More

Kofi Annan, the late UN Secretary-General, often said the world was a "global village." He was right. Our world has shrunk. The recent spread of COVID-19 worldwide, affecting both rich and developing countries, confirms that all 7.5 billion people of the world live in a global village. Wise...More

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations (UN) and is bound to be an extraordinary year for the UN. The US reportedly denied Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a visa to attend the UN Security Council meeting on the theme of upholding...More

Kathmandu. Country-level National Consultative Meeting for the 35th Asia Pacific Regional Conference (APRC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was held at Kathmandu. Addressing the meeting, Dr. Yubak Dhwoj GC, secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, said that the forthcoming 35th...More

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HAVANA. Cuba is an absolutely vital ally for the United Nations, said María Fernanda Espinosa, president of the General Assembly of that multilateral organization, on her arrival in Havana on Wednesday. The UN needs countries like Cuba since it is one of the great defenders of the multilateral...More

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A global network of various grassroots groups of small food producers and food sovereignty advocates urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples...More

Trump became the menacing laughingstock of the United Nations this Tuesday morning as he began his speech to the global audience by claiming that “In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.” Trump announced that he...More