A force from the continent, such as the African Union, may possibly be able to protect South Sudan’s civilians.
At the UN, South Africa did support web rights and moves to end violence based on sexual orientation. The devil was in the detail, says Edna Molewa.
The ambassador exposes paradoxes in the country’s stance on LGBTI rights.
South Africa abstained from voting on a UN resolution to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Resolution passed regardless, for political commitment from member states to protect human rights online such as freedom of expression and privacy.
The paradoxes underpinning the UN’s latest decision make it easy to question its credibility.
An ongoing rape scandal is casting a dark cloud over an occasion usually reserved for paying tribute to the ‘Blue Helmets’.
Establishing a citizen-elected body at the UN would be a tool to bring us closer to more inclusive and more responsive global solutions.
New measures "constitute a legal wall to asylum just as despicable as a razor-wire fence”, says Human Rights Watch.
A word from the UN’s Ban Ki-moon and an EU trade pact have sent Morocco into a fury.
More UN troops in the DRC are accused of abusing those they were meant to protect – and face paternity claims from their alleged victims.
A desperate South African breast cancer patient pleaded with the United Nations (UN) on Thursday to help her access a drug that can save her life.
As part of a global dialogue, a UN panel is meeting in Johannesburg to discuss proposals that aim to help prevent millions of unnecessary deaths.
UN-Habitat’s executive director, a Spaniard, has been accused of demeaning and insulting behaviour directed at United Nations staff in Nairobi.
Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died aged 93. He served as secretary general of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996.
The critical climate conference kicks off with world leaders calling for an ambitious – but fair – agreement to lower carbon emissions.
Africa relies on policies that have failed – even in the countries it borrowed them from.
Choosing the right priorities must start with an accurate assessment of where the greatest problems are.
Even with the progress in healthcare, too many babies and children continue to die from preventable causes.
Men sent to stabilise the Central African Republic are accused of sexual violation and civilian death.
It took more than 20 years for SA to sign the UN’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. But will it make a difference?
A research panel and a youth forum point out that world leaders should not attempt an impossible 169 targets but rather focus on the smartest goals.
It’s imperative we get a financing for development framework in place to rid the world of destabilising and dehumanising poverty, says Oxfam.
A new report puts South African soldiers on United Nations peacekeeping missions at the top of a list of offending nations.
Six large energy companies have asked the United Nations for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme that would include their operations.
More than half the countries in the world are currently generating Islamist extremist fighters for groups such as Al-qaeda and Isis, the UN has said.
Stockholm is seeking a new probe into the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld in Zambia 53 years ago.
The UN pushes for a deal that sets out a compromise between emerging and developed nations but some environmental groups lament its weakness.
Israel’s plans for settlements in east Jerusalem are a ‘clear violation of international law’.
The UN needs to get a fix on achievable goals for its next 15-year global development agenda. Economics may well show the way, writes Bjørn Lomborg.
Sweden’s new centre-left government will recognise the state of Palestine, a move that will make it the first major European country to take the step.
The UN summit today is the last chance leaders have to commit to tackling the biggest issue of our century, writes Sipho Kings.