4 August 2014 – Amid a seven-hour ceasefire announced by Israel in Gaza, the United Nations and aid partners are…
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4 August 2014 – The top United Nations relief official in Lebanon today strongly condemned attacks on the Lebanese Armed…
17 July 2014 – Haiti, often cited as one of the least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere, has reached…
16 July 2014 – Deeply concerned by the “urgent humanitarian situation” of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, Secretary-General Ban…
16 July 2014 – In a first-ever visit to the Dominican Republic, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today addressed the…
28 July 2014 – The shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine may amount to a war…
24 July 2014 – In the wake of recent tragedies, the United Nations refugee agency today called on European countries…
15 July 2014 – Calling them “the backbone” of Haiti, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised national police recruits and the…
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…