15 July 2014 – Calling them “the backbone” of Haiti, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised national police recruits and the…
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30 July 2014 – ‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, Top UN relief official warns With the United…
30 July 2014 – As another United Nations school serving as a shelter for Palestinians in Gaza was hit by…
29 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly urged all sides to avoid any further escalation in the Gaza…
28 July 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today, meeting in an emergency session just after midnight, called for…
27 July 2014 – Welcoming the broadly observed 12-hour humanitarian pause in the Gaza conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
25 July 2014 – As ‘gross human rights violations’ continue in Syria, the head of a United Nations-appointed human rights…
25 July 2014 – The United Nations and its diplomatic partners today called for a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire, as they…
25 July 2014 – Two United Nations human rights experts warned today that ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq are…
25 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke with United Nations staff in Gaza via Skype and thanked them…
23 July 2014 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today decided to launch an independent inquiry into purported violations…
OTTAWA, Canada, July 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International…
21 July 2014 – The Security Council today called for an international investigation into last week’s downing of a Malaysia…
18 July 2014 – The apparent deliberate downing of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine highlights the need for…
20 July 2014 – The Security Council today called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met…
20 July 2014 – As the fighting raged in Gaza, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim…
20 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest terms the systematic persecution of minorities in Mosul…
18 July 2014 – Amid an escalation of violence in Gaza, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave for the region on…
18 July 2014 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) today strongly condemned the assassination of former member…
18 July 2014 – The group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its allies…