1 May 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to exercise prudence and avoid unilateral steps…
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1 May 2014 United Nations officials today congratulated the people and Government of Iraq for turning out in significant…
30 April 2014 The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the timely holding of parliamentary elections in Iraq, and,…
30 April 2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria…
29 April 2014 The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said today it will…
29 April 2014 In the wake of Israel’s decision to break off talks with the Palestinians after a Fatah-Hamas…
29 April 2014 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today strongly condemned the imposition of the death…
29 April 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the importance of Wednesday’s national elections for peace and stability in…
28 April 2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced alarmed at the news that another preliminary mass death…
A German diplomat was wounded in the Yemeni capital on Monday as he evaded an attempt by gunmen to kidnap him, a security official said. The German foreign ministry confirmed that an embassy vehicle came under fire, adding that all passengers were “…