How One Woman Changed Human Rights History
Exactly 70 years ago — on December 10, 1948, just after midnight — the United Nations General Assembly saw its first standing ovation for a …
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Exactly 70 years ago — on December 10, 1948, just after midnight — the United Nations General Assembly saw its first standing ovation for a …
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Attending a high school prom is a rite of passage, and missing out on it is never forgotten. As we …
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As part of our “Americans in the UN” project to share the stories of Americans who work for the United …
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I was privileged to be George H.W. Bush’s chief speechwriter in his last year as Vice President, as he was …
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In 2015, all governments stood together as they approved the Sustainable Development Goals and made a commitment to achieve health …
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On December 10, the most translated document in the world – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – turns …
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The 2018 annual conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, happening now, is the most anticipated and consequential …
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Thirty years after the World Health Organization (WHO) created World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS is no longer a fatal disease for …
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No child should die from a disease that we know how to prevent – yet an alarming new report from the World …
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Against a background of hurricanes and wildfires pummeling coastlines and destroying homes, four new reports aim to define how future …
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