United Nations

When climate change negotiators can barely agree on an agenda, it’s hard to be optimistic about such UN gatherings. Stephen Minas reports from Bangkok.

Former Khmer Rouge leader Duch appeals his sentence this week over killings in the 1970s.

Reports suggest China is set to block a UN report on North Korea’s uranium enrichment programme.

Nine years after the first post-Taliban UN talks on Afghanistan were concluded in Bonn, one border province is still left oddly isolated.

India has a powerful claim to permanent UN Security Council membership. The next two years are its best chance to prove it.

India is lobbying China for support for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Don’t expect much.

The US looks and acts like a fair-weather friend. A close relationship with it might actually constrain India.

Critics of Cambodian leader Hun Sen frequently miss the point about his leadership. He likes a fight.

The Chinese govt has repeated its pledge to enforcing sanctions on Iran. But words need to be followed by action.

Will India’s new UN Security Council seat mean some fresh thinking on key issues—including Iran?

Rebuking North Korea over the sinking of the Cheonan doesn’t have to lead to its collapse.