As the field of candidates grows, their competing visions for reform, development, representation and the UN’s financial future offer an early glimpse of how each would lead an organization in crisis....

Envoy magazine announces the first in a series of events launching its special issue, Who Will Lead the World Next?, beginning September 8, co-organized with the United Nations Association of New York...

Former President Michelle Bachelet’s campaign for the UN’s top job has stirred pride at home, even as shifting politics in Santiago complicate her path.   Throughout the stations of the Santiago Metro...

The contest to choose the next UN secretary-general is expected to hinge on gender, geography, and power politics. But another question is hovering over the race: how much should age matter? Like the ...

As the field of candidates grows, their competing visions for reform, development, representation and the UN’s financial future offer an early glimpse of how each would lead an organization in crisis....

In a region consumed by war and escalating violence, Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah chose peace. In separate interviews with Envoy, the co-authors of The Future Is Peace discuss personal loss, moral age...

As FIFA’s 2026 World Cup came to a close, human rights advocates say visa restrictions, immigration enforcement, and political interference undermined its promise to be the most inclusive tournament e...

The next U.N. chief will need to develop greater and closer ties with the private sector and build new, more effective partnerships to help manage the resource dilemma. A   growing number of violent c...

From the crowded market streets of Adana in southern Turkey, Syrians are weighing whether the fall of Bashar al-Assad has made a return possible—or whether home is now a country they no longer recogni...

26 New Sites Join UNESCO’s World Heritage List From sacred landscapes to sites of remembrance, UNESCO’s 2025 additions reflect a global commitment to cultural resilience, ecological unity, and the pow...

COP30 in Belém puts Brazil at the center of a global test—can the world still act together to fight climate change? The Amazonian city of Belém will host COP30 (U.N. Climate Conference) in November. H...

The United Nations Headquarters in New York has arguably the highest concentration of diplomats per square foot — especially during the annual General Assembly High-level Week, which this September wi...

The United Nations takes on the challenge of AI governance with scientific panel modeled after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change For all its lofty ideals, the United Nations is not known f...

“Why do you come to my shop so often?” Pema abruptly asked me. I was taken aback. This middle-aged lady, owner of a sprawling emporium serving the tourist trade on busy NorzimLam main street in Thimph...

UNICEF warns plastic pollution is a silent crisis harming children’s health from birth through adolescence Children today are surrounded by more plastic than ever before. In its 2024 report, Generatio...

The executive boardroom fell silent as Leah, a senior executive at a Fortune 100 tech company with over two decades of strategic innovation experience, shared a painful truth. “I was passed over for t...

Global leaders call for major reforms to save UN peacekeeping missions as violence surges, political deadlock deepens, and the threat of reduced U.S. funding looms With wars flaring across continents ...

With 2025, a new generation emerges—the Generation Beta. Gen Beta defines the demographic cohort who are born from 2025 to 2039. Some of the Gen Beta will live to see the 22nd century. But what they’l...

For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has been quietly revolutionizing healthcare, long before it became the buzzword it is today. While headlines celebrate AI’s latest feats—whether it’s diagnosi...

Runway has evolved into a space where fashion meets activism It was a hot summer day in 2019, I was standing outside the Prada headquarters in New York City, moments before the brand’s Cruise 2020 col...

Music and language likely share the same ancient roots, emerging from early humans’ need to connect, communicate, and thrive as social beings. When NASA launched Voyager 1, currently the farthest huma...

Of all the arts, theater has always been a powerful force in bringing people together. In Ancient Greece, the birthplace of Western theater, audiences of 15,000-20,000 would gather to witness the play...

John Gast, American Progress, 1872 Columbia, the female figure of America, leads Americans into the West and into the future by carrying the values of republicanism. MANIFEST DESTINY Manifest Destiny ...

In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its futur...

In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant forc...

Yamazaki Kazuyuki (left), Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, attends the Peace Bell Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 Sep). The theme of the Int...

In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant forc...

In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its futur...

Is the country still the diplomatic hub it once was? ‘It is in our DNA,’ says the Swiss envoy. At a time when diplomacy is being tested like never before—from the war in Ukraine to escalating tensions...

“The longer we don’t reform the Security Council the more the council’s credibility suffers’’

8 tips to support and comfort your children When conflict or war makes the headlines, it can cause feelings such as fear, sadness, anger and anxiety wherever you live. Here are some tips on how to app...

From the simplest weather shelter, through the grandeur of castles, to  soaring neo-futurist skyscrapers, architecture has always been a marker of human progress. Since the Neolithic era, the spaces w...

Advocating for human rights in the halls and corridors of United Nations headquarters is not easy, but it’s what some of us do every day. Most global crises and conflicts involving human rights abuses...

As the son of a career Foreign Service Officer, our family moved every 18 months, changing countries, climates, and languages. Starting in the 1950s, much of the travel was by ship. It is hard to imag...

The collapse of the Assad regime liberated Syrians from decades of brutal and repressive rule and has opened the way for a better path forward. But the group that has taken over—HTS led by Ahmad al-Sh...

Trump Trade War 2.0: Tariffs bring more questions and fears As soon as US President Donald Trump took office, he signed an executive order that would impose additional customs duties on imports from C...

The world’s first AImuseum, featuring multi-sensory exhibits, is set to open in Los Angeles this year.

I am a former refugee from Karabakh, born in the Jabrayil region of Azerbaijan. When I was three years old, Armenian armed forces took over my home, forcing my family to flee and become internally dis...