AUTHOR: BAN KI-MOON

Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and sec ...

Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created from the ashes of the Second World War. Seven decades later, in Pa ...

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but starting this week we can march a thousand days forward int ...

Each year at this time, leaders gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to assess the state of the world. Thi ...

August 2012 - Last month, competing interests prevented agreement on a much-needed treaty that would have reduced the ap ...

Next week, world leaders will gather for a momentous occasion the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ...

Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, ...

As the world population clock ticks past 7 billion, alarm bells are ringing. The gathering force of public protests is t ...

Across the Horn of Africa, people are starving. A catastrophic combination of conflict, high food prices and drought has ...

Across the Horn of Africa, people are starving. A catastrophic combination of conflict, high food prices and drought has ...

This Saturday, July 9, the Republic of South Sudan will join the community of nations. Foreign dignitaries will converge ...

NEW YORK: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 marked an end and a beginning. The close of the Second Worl ...