United Nations

Israel says it will cut $6 million in funding to the United Nations this year.

Israel reportedly warned NZ of serious consequences if it backed a UN vote on settlements, but an Israeli official in Wellington says relations are still 'business as usual'.

Israel is reportedly halting all working ties with the embassies of UN Security Council members that voted for a resolution against his country - including New Zealand.

Opinion - A UN Security Council resolution, calling for a ban on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, has passed, with NZ taking a major role. Phil Smith outlines the background…

Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear.

New Zealand has condemned Russia and China's veto of a United Nations resolution for a truce in Syria.

A UN Special Rapporteur on human rights says he sees no point in Australia's planned "punitive approach" to never allow refugees who arrived by boat into the country.

Niue's membership bid for a United Nations seat could threaten Niueans' right to New Zealand citizenship.

The commander of the UN force in South Sudan has been sacked after a report found it had failed to protect civilians in July.

The United Nations hopes a three-day ceasefire it brokered between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen will lead to renewed peace talks.

The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously appointed Antonio Guterres as the ninth UN secretary-general.

Some of the challenges Pacific island countries face in implementing human rights goals have been identified at a regional consultation in Fiji.

A four day regional consultation has opened in Fiji to help 11 Pacific island countries who are a part of the United Nations-led review process of national human rights records.

Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution to stop bombing in the Syrian city of Aleppo has undermined the Council's credibility, New Zealand's ambassador to the UN says.

The Children's Commissioner is urging the government to act quickly on a United Nations recommendation to try 17-year-olds under the youth justice system.

A leading New Zealand diplomat says the reasons for Helen Clark's failed campaign to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations are still unclear. Audio

The UN has called on the New Zealand government to devote more resources to tackling "deeply concerning" high rates of child poverty.