16 February 2014 – The United Nations and its partners in the Philippines are warning today that millions of people…
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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…
13 February 2014 – The United Nations/Arab Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said officials from Russia and the…
12 February 2014 – More relief moved in today for Syrians trapped in the Old City of Homs for nearly…
12 February 2014 – More than 20 vital United Nations construction projects for schools and housing in Gaza are stalled,…
11 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council today warmly welcomed the re-launching of negotiations aimed at…
11 February 2014 – Over the next two and a half years, the United Nations food agency will provide technical…
10 February 2014 – Building on the “remarkable progress” made in Kosovo during 2013, particularly with regard to local elections,…
11 February 2014 – Afghanistan’s new national policy to protect the rights of some 630,000 internally displaced people recognizes that…
8 February 2014 – Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by 14 per cent last year, according to a new report…
7 February 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the killing…
7 February 2014 – Three months after Typhoon Haiyan devastated central Philippines, United Nations agencies and their partners are refocusing…
11 February 2014 – United Nations-sponsored talks between the Syrian Government and opposition that resumed yesterday are making scant progress…
11 February 2014 – The United Nations said today that it is receiving more reports of civilian casualties and further…