27 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today called on the President of Uganda to refrain from…
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27 December 2013 – Amid reports of bodies found on the streets of the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to boost the capacity of the UN Mission in South…
Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country today…
The security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, the…
The President of the General Assembly today encouraged the United Nations to honour Nelson Mandela “by letting his legacy live…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations has voiced “extreme concern” that recent violence in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the Malagasy Migratory Locust, a voracious insect threatening rice and…
26 December 2013 – United Nations peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) yesterday helped the national armed…
Boosting productivity, fostering competitiveness and ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater access to markets are key to West Africa realizing…
26 December 2013 – The United Nations hopes to have peacekeeping reinforcements on the ground in strife-torn South Sudan within…
26 December 2013 – An independent United Nations expert today urged the Somali Government to finalize and carry out a…
25 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terrorist attack that took place on Tuesday on the…
25 December 2013 – In an appeal broadcast in South Sudan on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon renewed his call on…
24 December 2013 – The Security Council today authorized almost doubling the United Nations peacekeeping force in strife-torn South Sudan…
24 December 2013 – The top United Nations official in Somalia has renewed his call for a timely and credible…
24 December 2013 – The United Nations voiced increasing concern today for the security of 710,000 people uprooted by conflict…
24 December 2013 – Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the…
23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in…
23 December 2013 – Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging…