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  • Mary Kay Magistad Reports The U.N.
    Human Rights Organization in Geneva is scheduled to hold a vote on Chinese human rights violations...
  • Activists in India protest against virginity tests in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala in 2009.
    U.N. Calls For End To Virginity Tests
    The tests are traumatic and unreliable, the United Nations said in a statement this week. In Afghanistan, there's a campaign to bring the practice to a halt.
  • Pope Addresses U.N. on Human Rights
    Pope Benedict XVI told U.N. delegates that strengthening human rights is the key to solving the world's problems Friday.
  • Iraq Lodges Complaint Against U.N.
    Iraq's foreign minister writes a letter to the United Nations complaining about the Security Council's resolution on disarmament, calling it a pretext for the United States to wage war on Iraq. NPR News reports.
  • U.N.: Civilian Casualities Rise In Afghanistan
    The United Nations has just released a grim report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan over the last year. Casualties rose 14 percent in 2013, with nearly 3,000 people killed and more than 5,500 injured.
  • Now in overtime, UN climate talks continue
    UN climate negotiations are in overtime in Azerbiajan as countries scramble to land a deal on how to finance the damages brought on by climate change. The impacts often are felt most by poor countries that have contributed the least to global warming.
  • Powell Speech to the U.N. - European Reaction
    NPR's Guy Raz wraps up the reaction in Europe to Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation outlining the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
  • Bush Nominates Bolton as U.N. Envoy
    President Bush nominates Undersecretary of State John Bolton to be the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton has been critical of the United Nations, but he insists his past remarks will not hinder his effectiveness as a diplomat.
  • 'The Interpreter:' Cloak and Dagger at the U.N.
    Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Interpreter starring Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman. Edelstein says Sydney Pollack's new film could use a lighter touch.
  • U.N. Arms Inspections Resume in Iraq
    U.N.-led weapons inspections resume in Iraq for the first time in four years.
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