31 October 2014 The Security Council this evening strongly condemned the kidnapping and murder by Islamic State in Iraq…
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29 October 2014 The ongoing civil war in Syria and its spillover effects continue to inflict a devastating human…
23 October 2014 An estimated 2.8 million Iraqis lack food assistance while another 800,000 are in urgent need of…
24 October 2014 The simmering conflict in Ukraine continues to take lives and exacerbate already precarious humanitarian conditions in…
23 October 2014 Some 20 nations with coastlines on the North Atlantic, and Mediterranean and Black Seas are set…
24 October 2014 The United Nations human rights office has voiced concern about the continued enforced disappearance of students…
20 October 2014 With Iraq soon expecting heavy winter rains and sub-zero temperatures, efforts to provide hundreds of thousands…
19 October 2014 Top United Nations officials are today calling on Government of Iraq to impose a moratorium on…
14 October 2014 The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution renewing the mandate for the UN Stabilization…
15 October 2014 The United Nations envoy for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, today voiced condemnation for the killing of an…
12 October 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will travel to Gaza on Tuesday to visit several…
9 October 2014 The Government of Malta has made strides towards preventing the torture and ill-treatment of people in…
8 October 2014 While the fragile month-long ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is a welcome step towards ending the conflict,…
9 October 2014 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined global partners, including the head of the World Bank, at…
3 October 2014 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were…
3 October 2014 The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “saddened and disturbed” to learn of the death of…
2 October 2014 The United Nations refugee agency reported today that new data on irregular crossings of the Mediterranean…
30 September 2014 As the international community lays the foundation for a sustainable development agenda that will follow the…
29 September 2014 In attempting to seal their borders, European nations are facing an “impossible” task, the United Nations…
29 September 2014 – Addressing the General Assembly this afternoon, Liechtenstein’s Foreign Minister, Aurelia Frick, said acts of aggression perpetrated…