Early warning is an essential component of prevention, and the United Nations carefully monitors developments around the world to detect threats to international peace and security, thereby ...

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) celebrated the 25th anniversary of a United Nations (UN) resolution advancing gender-based justice during times of conflict at an event ...

Here are the key functions of the United Nations, including maintaining peace, promoting human rights, delivering ...

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the United Nations Security Council that “an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s ...

Created in 1945 in the aftermath of the Second World War, the UN Member conferred on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It adopts ...

EXPLAINER: What Is the United Nations? In 1945 ... War I “to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security,” but which splintered when World War II began.

Following the long-sought cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the major challenge for the Israelis and the stateless Palestinians is how to achieve a lasting peace that will end the ...

The United Nations was created in 1945, following the devastation of World War II, with the goal of maintaining international peace and security. This is stated in the first article of the first ...