26 December 2013 – Independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern about recent lethal drone airstrikes, allegedly…
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24 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West…
24 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoy for Yemen have welcomed an agreement, reached yesterday through the…
23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that preparations for the long-awaited international conference aimed at achieving a…
The United States on Thursday reaffirmed its vow to cut aid to violence-wracked South Sudan if the government of President Salva Kiir is overthrown in a coup. Troops loyal to Kiir have been battling forces allied to former vice president Riek Machar…
The death toll from clashes in the Central African Republic’s capital has risen to at least 40, the Red Cross said Thursday, as French troops upped patrols in the city in a bid to stem the violence. “Around 40 bodies have been recovered for the moment…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to boost the capacity of the UN Mission in South…
Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country today…
The security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, the…
The President of the General Assembly today encouraged the United Nations to honour Nelson Mandela “by letting his legacy live…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations has voiced “extreme concern” that recent violence in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the Malagasy Migratory Locust, a voracious insect threatening rice and…
MINAWAO CAMP, 24 December 2013 (IRIN) – Only around 1,800 of the thousands of Nigerians forced to find refuge from…
26 December 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) yesterday helped the national armed…
20 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Belize to adopt…
Follow @{0}Life-saving: the sofosbuvir molecule has been approved in the US and Europe for the treatment of hepatitis CNew York,…
Boosting productivity, fostering competitiveness and ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater access to markets are key to West Africa realizing…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations hopes to have peacekeeping reinforcements on the ground in strife-torn South Sudan within…
20 December 2013 – Brazilian authorities need to give further priority to the poorest and most marginalized, to ensure that…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Thailand to drop criminal defamation…