The impact of Ban Ki-moon’s New York summit on UN efforts to curb climate change faces its first test on Monday in Bonn, where envoys from over 190 countries meet for a week of negotiations.

Canada's health minister has announced $30 million more in aid to the United Nations mission to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Malaysia will lead ASEAN as it sits on the so-called top table of the world, the powerful UN Security Council

The survey was conducted on behalf of a project to promote the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The resolution mandates increased participation and representation of women at all levels of decision-making, especially those concerning peace and security.

Tomorrow marks the third International Day of the Girl Child, designated by the U.N. to highlight the need to create a better world for adolescent girls.

The UN has launched a mission to prevent the global spread of Ebola, describing the epidemic as the world's 'highest priority' as the United States scrambled to limit its own outbreak. Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), began a tour of the three hardest-hit nations in the Liberian capital Monrovia setting out an ambitious goal to eradicate the deadly virus.

The Palestinian president will ask donor countries for $4 billion for Gaza reconstruction after a summer war between Israel and Hamas damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes and more than 5,000 businesses, according to a report Mahmoud Abbas is to present to a pledging conference this month.

Sweden is to "recognise the state of Palestine", Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said, the first long-term EU member country to do so. "The conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be solved with a two-state solution," he said during his inaugural address in parliament.