29 September 2014 – Addressing the General Assembly this afternoon, Liechtenstein’s Foreign Minister, Aurelia Frick, said acts of aggression perpetrated…
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17 September 2014 The United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide today met today…
17 September 2014 A United Nations human rights body today announced that it has decided to suspend its visit…
15 September 2014 Urging European countries to take action to alleviate the harsh and often deadly conditions migrants face…
12 September 2014 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rolling out its first operation in Ukraine, providing…
8 September 2014 The number of people killed in Ukraine has topped 3,000 and could be “significantly higher,” a…
5 September 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the news of a ceasefire in Ukraine and called for its…
4 September 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of reaching a lasting settlement in Cyprus as the…
2 September 2014 The number of displaced people in eastern Ukraine has risen dramatically in recent weeks due to…
Perhaps somewhat surprisingly the Independence debate has been largely peaceful in general. Sure there has been the odd egg, or…
3866 undocumented migrants have been rescued by the Italian Navy in boats between Sicily and the North African coast over…
He’ll go down as one of the most famous Papal heads of the Roman Catholic church, he was the first…
15 August 2014 Conflict in eastern Ukraine, mainly in the areas in and around the cities of Donetsk and…
11 August 2014 Major General Kristin Lund today officially assumed her duties as Force Commander of the United Nations…
8 August 2014 A senior United Nations human rights official today declared the situation in Eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming”…
7 August 2014 The head of the UN agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the death of…
4 August 2014 Encompassing political intrigue, obsession and violence, William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Hamlet’ is being re-enacted today at the…
4 August 2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his opposition to the renewed fighting over the disputed…
31 July 2014 In the wake of the recent downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, the United…
30 July 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate halt to hostilities in eastern Ukraine so that…