Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia's formal candidacy for a two-year term on the UN Security Council in 2029–2030, concurrent with appointing Siobhan McKenna, a former News Corp broadcasting executive, as consul general to New York.
The State Department blocked Palestinian Authority and PLO officials from traveling to New York for next week's UN gathering, citing their conduct at international courts.
A UN mission alleged the US committed possible war crimes in Iran while also finding Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during protest crackdowns.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Gulf Cooperation Council chief Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said the attacks on civilian infrastructure threaten regional stability.
UN-backed human rights investigators allege possible war crimes in US military operations against the Iranian port city.
A UN fact-finding mission has concluded that Iranian forces committed crimes against humanity during crackdowns on protests.
The United Nations has urged entry of rescue equipment following a structural collapse that officials say may have trapped as many as 100 people.
Pakistan urged dialogue and de-escalation at an emergency UNSC meeting following Houthi forces' capture of several Red Sea islands.
Olara Otunnu urges urgent engagement with key stakeholders to convene talks on the conflict.
An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza housing displaced civilians has killed six UN workers, according to UNRWA.
Volker Turk says voluntary self-regulation by AI companies is insufficient to address harms and prevent advanced models from circumventing safeguards.
The UN human rights office cited concerns over war crimes evidence as remains of families are recovered from collapsed buildings.
UN agencies say humanitarian aid supplies could be depleted by month's end without immediate funding.
Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, said new British sanctions on Israeli settlements mark a major policy reversal after what she described as years of UK 'complicity'.