United Nations

Rio+20 was dismissed by many as likely to be just a talking shop. Sadly, critics may have been right.

The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea is as much as anything else about fundamental disagreements between the U.S. and China. The U.S. shouldn’t sign up.

China’s public is growing increasingly frustrated with North Korea. It doesn’t want to be sucked into disputes.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seems to be having a better visit to Burma than last time he was there.

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The Republic of China maintains sweeping claims to the South China Sea. But is it needlessly alienating much-needed potential friends?

Keen to impress the West and get sanctions lifted, Burma is cracking down on opium production. But hundreds of thousands may be left in poverty.

If the West wants to turn the screws on Iran’s regime it must do more to ensure that it isn’t hurting the Iranian people.

India’s support of a U.N. resolution calling for Sri Lanka to investigate rights violations is a welcome a move.

Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta faces a tough reelection battle Saturday as the country votes.

As Vietnam steps fully onto the international stage, economic development will be a key to success.

China says they are migrants, and the U.N. refers to them as detained. Either way, fleeing North Koreans could face forced labor or execution if sent back.