Affordable housing, fixing the MTA, ridding New York City of ICE, and universal healthcare for New Yorkers is at the forefront of Salazar’s campaign, a formidable challenge to the eight-term incumbent Democratic state Senator Martin Dilan.

La Voce sat down with Rana Najib and Maria Laura Conte from AVSI to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, where of the 1.1 million refugees, more than half of the 500,000 that are children don't go to school. Ms. Najib tells of her experience as a Syrian and...

Harvard Professor Sunstein, husband of U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Samantha Power, presented his new book, "The World According to Star Wars" at the UN Headquarters. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon even came by to pass on his respects... and a few jokes

On July 26, de Mistura announced that he aims for the next round of intra-Syrian peace talks to take place in late August, rather than early August as he had hoped a month prior. Russia and Syria's plan to create humanitarian corridors in Aleppo further complicates the UN Envoy's mission

Abdelkader K. Abbadi is one of the most experienced active UN Correspondents you will find at the United Nations having been a UN official for 30 years. La Voce sat down to talk with him about his new book, "From the Garden to the Glass House: An Undiplomatic Look at...

Boris Johnson paid a visit to the UN to participate in the Security Council meeting on Libya, to speak world affairs with the Secretary General, and to share his two cents on Brexit and the global terrorism phenomenon with the press. He even faced his comparison to Republican nominee Donald...

The UN Security Council held a secretive straw poll showing support for Portuguese Antonio Guterres' Secretary General candidacy. UNSC and UNGA tensions bolden as Mogens Lykketoft pushes for more transparencies in the process. Bulgarian Irina Bokova comes out first among the women, but third in all

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report yesterday that reveals evidence of very little accountability taking place on either side of the two-year old Ukraine conflict through descriptions of the country’s widespread killings since January 2014

Today on July 15th the United Nations celebrates World Youth Skills Day, but is faced with the grim reality that a lot of work is cut out for the international community to prevent a complete loss of the emerging generation. The attacks in Nice reminds us of what could result...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have documented numerous human rights violations by Saudi Arabia in Yemen that break international humanitarian law, prompting them to call on the international community and the UN to stop letting the nation off unabated