4 July 2014 – United Nations relief agencies and their partners working amid the ongoing turmoil and massive population displacement…
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3 July 2014 – Failure to close the funding gap to meet the needs of the growing number of people…
2 July 2014 – Amid reports of deliberate targeting of women and girls in Iraq, senior United Nations officials today…
2 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process have…
4 July 2014 – Amid fresh deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine, destruction of civilian infrastructure and “utterly reprehensible” incitement to…
1 July 2014 – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, condemned today…
28 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the extension of a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine and, with continued…
27 June 2014 – Some 16,400 people fled their homes in crisis-riven eastern Ukraine during the past week, bringing the…
29 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his grave concern at the deepening crisis in Iraq and the…
29 June 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stood again in solidarity with Israelis after the recent abduction…
27 June 2014 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that up to 10,000 people from…
20 June 2014 – A group of United Nations human rights experts on the African diaspora today called on the…
16 June 2014 – Following confirmation that President Juan Manuel Santos has been re-elected, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today…
15 June 2014 – As the Group of 77 Summit ends today with a focus on creating a new sustainable…
26 June 2014 – Four months after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding unimpeded access to people in need…
26 June 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today called on authorities in Iran to halt the imminent…
25 June 2014 – Yet again, another humanitarian crisis has hit war-torn Iraq, disproportionately and negatively impacting the hungry poor,…
25 June 2014 – The “grave” situation in Iraq requires a solution based on military, political and social processes that…
25 June 2014 – The independent United Nations experts dealing with torture and the right to health today urged the…
24 June 2014 – While there have been several steps recently to help de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, including a ceasefire…