5 March 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom called today for an…
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6 March 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert hailed a five-point agreement reached today by Cambodia’s two…
5 March 2014 – The Security Council today extended for another 13 months the mandate of the panel of experts…
5 March 2014 – Widespread attacks and sieges on civilian areas in Syria by pro-Government forces are leading to mass…
5 March 2014 – A recent acceleration of efforts by Syria and the submission of a revised timeline for removing…
5 March 2014 – A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the Security Council to act quickly…
5 March 2014 – The United Nations has confirmed that Senior Advisor Robert Serry is in good shape physically after…
4 March 2014 – As the situation in Ukraine remains in flux, senior United Nations officials in the region and…
3 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine during…
3 March 2014 – The world’s only multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations today decided to renew an informal working group…
3 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the “crucial” role of United Nations peacekeepers over the past 50…
2 March 2014 – The United Nations announced on Sunday that Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is heading to Ukraine amid…
4 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the bomb attack on Monday in the village of Daih, Bahrain, which…
26 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution expressing its strong support for the next…
26 February 2014 – The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United…
26 February 2014 – Amid “unbelievable devastation,” the United Nations agency charged with ensuring the well-being of Palestinian refugees across…
26 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his sadness at continuing reports of violence and loss of life…
25 February 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today applauded the decision by a Haitian court to…
2 March 2014 – The Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place on 1 March…
1 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned an attack that took place on Saturday at the railway station…