22 June 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed a peace plan put forward by Ukraine’s President, Petro…
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19 June 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the killing…
24 June 2014 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that took place…
24 June 2014 – More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq, and another 1,000 injured in the two weeks…
23 June 2014 – Following a reported ceasefire in the besieged Yarmouk camp in Syria, the United Nations agency that…
23 June 2014 – Amid a “critical” security situation on the ground, the United Nations political chief today called on…
23 June 2014 – The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations…
14 June 2014 – Addressing the bloc of developing countries known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, Secretary-General…
12 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in São Paulo, Brazil, today to attend the opening game of the…
10 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announced start of peace talks between the Government of Colombia…
4 June 2014 – Thousands of people are forcibly displaced and hundreds killed every month in Colombia, a senior United…
19 June 2014 – As part of an ongoing plan to expand the reach of its humanitarian efforts in Syria,…
19 June 2014 – Two special advisors to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today what could amount to war crimes…
18 June 2014 – With United Nations monitors reporting today that armed separatists have used killings, abductions and torture to…
17 June 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today voiced its deepest condolences to the families of all journalists…
The UN’s cultural organisation on Tuesday urged Iraqis to protect the country’s heritage amid heavy fighting, warning that destroying religious sites would amount to war crimes. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova expressed concern at “renewed human…
17 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top United Nations envoy in Iraq are urging the country’s leaders…
17 June 2014 – The majority of civilians in Syria continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing conflict, the…
16 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major General Luciano Portolano of Italy as the new head of…
16 June 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the reported “cold-blooded” mass execution in Iraq in…