7 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated the urgency of ending the political crisis in Ukraine through dialogue…
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6 February 2014 – In Sochi, Russia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the power of sport to promote…
Children as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex for as little as 80p in one of Brazil’s World Cup cities, a Sky News investigation has found. It comes as international footballers join a campaign warning fans travelling to the tournament not…
6 February 2014 – Nearly four months after a massive earthquake devastated parts of Bohol Island, the top United Nations…
5 February 2014 – Calling the role of women in decision-making vital for Afghanistan’s future, the top United Nations official…
6 February 2014 – The United Nations today welcomed a long-sought accord to let in convoys with life-saving supplies for…
6 February 2014 – Government and opposition forces in Syria are committing war crimes by using civilian suffering, such as…
5 February 2014 – The number of people displaced by the civil war inside Syria is expected to nearly double…
5 February 2014 – The Syrian Government moved the majority of content from its 34 national museums into safe havens,…
5 February 2014 – The United Nations envoy to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, strongly condemned the attack on the country’s foreign…
OTTAWA, Canada, February 6, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — International Development Minister Christian Paradis meets with the President of Tanzania,…
5 February 2014 – Spain should investigate alleged atrocities committed in its 1930s Civil War and under the regime of…
3 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to russia later this week to take part in the opening…
4 February 2014 – Concerned that some Thai people were unable to vote after national elections were reportedly disrupted by…
4 February 2014 – Syrian children have been subjected to “unspeakable” suffering in the nearly three years of civil war,…
4 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Minister of State and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change, of…
4 February 2014 – While Yemen has made good progress in its political transition, the country will not enjoy stability…
4 February 2014 – The United Nations today began a new airlift from Iraq to feed nearly 30,000 displaced people…
OTTAWA, Canada, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On February 3, 2014, Minister Paradis delivers opening remarks at a…
Tens of thousands of spectators have turned up to watch the demolition of a 116-metre (380-ft) skyscraper in Frankfurt. The former university tower AfE came down in seconds in the largest controlled building demolition ever in Europe. It required 950…