10 August 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today’s announcement by Egypt that the Israelis and the Palestinians have accepted…
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8 August 2014 – As violence escalates in Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are distributing…
7 August 2014 – As Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists continue to overrun areas of northern…
5 August 2014 – The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) expressed “extreme concern” today over reports that some 40 children…
5 August 2014 – More people in besieged and difficult-to-reach areas of Syria are getting food due to a Security…
5 August 2014 – Following the announcement yesterday of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions, United Nations Secretary-General Ban…
30 July 2014 – ‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, Top UN relief official warns With the United…
28 July 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today, meeting in an emergency session just after midnight, called for…
27 July 2014 – Welcoming the broadly observed 12-hour humanitarian pause in the Gaza conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
25 July 2014 – As ‘gross human rights violations’ continue in Syria, the head of a United Nations-appointed human rights…
20 July 2014 – The Security Council today called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met…
17 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, flanked by his new special envoys for Syria, today pledged to “spare no…
17 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his regret that Israel has launched a ground offensive against Gaza,…
11 July 2014 – With Syria heading into its fourth year of conflict, a United Nations agency today called on…
11 July 2014 – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reported that earlier today, its radar revealed that…
26 June 2014 – Four months after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding unimpeded access to people in need…
26 June 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today called on authorities in Iran to halt the imminent…
25 June 2014 – Yet again, another humanitarian crisis has hit war-torn Iraq, disproportionately and negatively impacting the hungry poor,…
24 June 2014 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that took place…
24 June 2014 – More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq, and another 1,000 injured in the two weeks…