18 July 2014 – The apparent deliberate downing of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine highlights the need for…
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17 July 2014 – The world does not have to choose between job creation and preserving the environment, the head…
14 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for intensified efforts to ensure access to safe drinking water and…
14 July 2014 – The United Nations today announced the allocation of $1.4 million from an emergency account to vaccinate…
13 July 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti and the Dominican Republic starting Monday to…
10 July 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged the Government of Honduras to address the…
17 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, flanked by his new special envoys for Syria, today pledged to “spare no…
17 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his regret that Israel has launched a ground offensive against Gaza,…
16 July 2014 – After days of escalating violence and follow-on civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations…
15 July 2014 – The level of human loss and destruction in Gaza as a result of the ongoing conflict…
15 July 2014 – A new United Nations survey has found that over 10 million Yemenis – more than 40…
11 July 2014 – With Syria heading into its fourth year of conflict, a United Nations agency today called on…
11 July 2014 – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reported that earlier today, its radar revealed that…
9 July 2014 – At a special meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…
7 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the “continued, unlawful” acts of armed fighters in Ukraine after…
7 July 2014 – Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, the United Nations envoy for Iraq has called on the country’s political…
4 July 2014 – Four years after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, it is time to move from a…
27 June 2014 – The United Nations today expressed concern about the continuing human rights violations reportedly taking place in…
25 June 2014 – Disconnecting water from people who cannot pay their bills is an affront to their human rights,…
6 July 2014 – Unable for more than a month now to deliver food and other supplies to Palestinians trapped…