US envoy accuses China of threatening global trade, maritime security with 'unlawful maritime claims and aggressive actions' ...

If the end of 2024 saw the rise of a new era in the United States (US), it appears to have happened at its creation, the United Nations (UN), too, making China a near equal of the US. On Christmas ...

The ITU has been a great-power battleground before. In 2022, with Huawei turning telecom into a global contest, America and ...

Robert Wood worked for the Biden administration at the UN Security Council. He saw first-hand the threat that China and Russia pose by working together to undermine the US.

China has long sought to bolster its sway in Geneva and has steadily expanded its presence in UN agencies for almost a decade, particularly those tied to development, technology and technical ...

China must use its influence on Russia to ensure it abides by the United Nations (UN) Charter and halts its full-scale war against Ukraine, European Council President António Costa says, as la ...

Huang Runqiu, China's minister of ecology and environment, sits with U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. AP Photo/Peter Dejong The 2024 U.N. climate talks ended in Baku ...

What China hopes to gain from late payment, says Mr Chen, is less clear. Like all UN members, China wants more influence in the organisation and more key policymaking posts for its nationals.

China, a council member until 2026, has said that each state should choose its own human rights path and that economic rights are as important as civil rights. It regularly opposes scrutiny of ...

Waltz repeated long-held U.S. criticisms of the U.N. — that Washington pays too much at the 193-member world body, that it is anti-Israel and that China is building too much influence.

Transactional weakness China, for its part, views Trump's peace talks with Russia and Ukraine as a sign of weakness that potentially undermines U.S. hawkishness toward China.