United Nations
Security Council vote in two days time
In just two days the United Nations will decide whether New Zealand will get one of the non-permanent seats on the Security Council. Audio
UN will decide Friday whether NZ gets seat on security council
New Zealand will learn in two days whether its 10-year campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council has succeeded. Audio
Kurds protest as UN calls on world to act to save Syrian town
The United Nations' special envoy for Syria has called on the international community to act, saying it cannot allow the Syrian town of Kobane to fall to Islamic State fighters. Audio
UN climate change summit about to open
A UN climate change summit opens in a few hours in New York, the first time world leaders have met to talk about global warming since Copenhagen in 2009. 120 heads of state will be there in what UN… Audio
One In Five for 14 September 2014
New Zealand's attitudes towards people with disabilities and the work the Government's doing to uphold their rights is coming under the spotlight this week at the United Nations in Geneva. For the… Audio
UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane
The UN's disarmanent head, who lead the difficult and tense negotiations on the ground in Syria over the country's use of chemical weapons. Audio
