23 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights and humanitarian chiefs on Thursday voiced deep concern about reports of…
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22 January 2014 – Reiterating deep concern over continued terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban…
23 January 2014 – The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses…
23 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Egyptians to mark the third anniversary of their revolution by…
22 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today opened a concerted new effort to end the brutal civil war in…
22 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated Yemen on successfully concluding nearly year-long talks on which the country’s…
22 January 2014 – Independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt…
21 January 2014 – Urging restraint amid widespread anti-Government protests in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner…
Billionaire software baron turned philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that violence in Nigeria and Pakistan could set back his goal of eradicating polio by 2018. Last year, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a charity that funds medical research…
21 January 2014 – The Security Council once again today acknowledged the role of the United Nations regional office in…
20 January 2014 – The United Nations agricultural agency today issued a new warning that bird flu viruses are on…
20 January 2014 – United Nations today flew its flags at half-mast in honour of four staff members killed in…
21 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Switzerland today on the eve of a United Nations-led conference on…
21 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Security Council and the UN envoy to Lebanon have condemned…
21 January 2014 – After being on the brink of civil war, Yemenis negotiated an agreement for peaceful change, the…
20 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today withdrew his invitation to Iran to attend a United Nations conference on…
20 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Iraq’s political leaders to enter inclusive talks in the face…
12 January 2014 – United Nations officials are calling on the international community to increase aid to Haiti on the…
The International Criminal Court on Monday threatened to return to their home country three Congolese witness-detainees who sought asylum in the Netherlands almost three years ago, pressing the Dutch authorities for a decision. The unnamed witnesses…
Two people have died from the H7N9 strain of bird flu in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, including a medical doctor, the local government said Monday, the city’s first fatalities from the virus this year. The victims included a 31-year-old surgeon…