The United Nations (UN) said Thursday it was allocating US$110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance in ...

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a ...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, will present the report at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland.

The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take ...

A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and non-state actors, with hostages being used unwittingly as bargaining chips in international re ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has traveled to Geneva to take part in the 58th session of the United Nations Human ...

Switzerland is worried about the disengagement of certain states from the UN Human Rights Council, said Ignazio Cassis, as the United States and Israel boycott the Geneva-based body.

Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered troops to prepare for "a prolonged stay", saying the camps had been cleared "for the coming year" and residents would not be allowed to return ...

As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers and diversion are contributing to internal repression, human rights abuses and serious violat ...

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...