Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly's General Debate, Guatemala's foreign affairs minister said the influx of undocumented immigrant children to the United States should not be considered a crime.
El Salvador's president spoke before the United Nations about decreasing poverty levels, quality of life and migration of children that's also affecting Central America.
The Honduran president addressed the immigration crisis at the United Nations General Assembly's General Debate on Wednesday. After U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto did not mention immigration, Honduras' Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado spoke of the high crime rates and migration of children from his country.
With an influx of undocumented immigrants entering Mexico from Central American countries, immigration was projected to be a topic for Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto to address the United Nations General Assembly. He instead focused on the purpose of the U.N.
Following the first airstrikes to combat the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria, congressional leaders have issued their first comments on the issue while continuing their recess.
President Barack Obama's campaign to combat terrorism continued at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. The president also discussed the Ebola virus outbreak and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
The 69th General Debate at the General Assembly will include discussion of immigration, climate change and the potential threat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Mexican migrants have entered the U.S. in large numbers, but the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs revealed the second most common native country is not from Latin America.
Latin American and the Caribbean have made strides in reducing poverty, but the United Nations Development Programme revealed many of the region's people are unable to enter the middle class.
AIDS is a disease that has affected almost 75 million since the start of the epidemic in the 1980s, and it has claimed the lives of about 36 million people globally. But according to the UN, AIDS/HIV could be controlled by 2030 and ended "in every region, in every country."
June 5 is the United Nation's World Environment Day. This year, the event is being hosted by Barbados as the event focuses on small islands at risk of being washed away by rising sea levels.
Teen births in the U.S. are reported to be at an all-time low with both the number of births and birth rate dropping by 10 percent in the last year, according to federal data released Thursday.
A new United Nations report regarding torture and sexual abuse concluded that the Vatican exercises control of its bishops and priests worldwide and did not fully comply with the U.N.'s global anti-torture treaty.
