18 February 2014 The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the need to address “significant shortcomings” in the process…
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18 February 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, today urged the…
17 February 2014 A grim array of human rights abuses, driven by “policies established at the highest level of…
20 February 2014 The United Nations agency charged with ensuring the well-being of Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East…
20 February 2014 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that water scarcity is one of…
19 February 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the top United Nations envoy for Lebanon and the Security Council have condemned…
19 February 2014 An estimated 240,000 Syrian remain trapped in areas under siege resulting in severe hardship, suffering and…
19 February 2014 The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees expressed his “outrage and shock” today,…
19 February 2014 Concerned by the escalating violence in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, top United Nations officials have urged…
14 February 2014 The United Nations human rights office has expressed concerns about a bill allowing Turkey’s telecommunications authority…
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OTTAWA, Canada, February 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today made the following statement on…
16 February 2014 The United Nations and its partners in the Philippines are warning today that millions of people…
14 February 2014 David Beckham, a United Nations Children’s Fund Goodwill Ambassador, today met with children in the storm-ravaged…
14 February 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the two Koreas to build on the momentum generated by their…
15 February 2014 Calling an end to the latest round of United Nations-backed talks in Geneva on Syria’s civil…
15 February 2014 Warning that food and basic supplies are running dangerously low for thousands of Palestinians languishing in…
15 February 2014 The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Saturday’s announcement of the formation of…
14 February 2014 The United Nations human rights office today, deeply concerned about the escalation of violence in Venezuela,…
12 February 2014 An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Tajikistan to fully implement…