6 January 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, saddened by the deadly violence that marred parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, has today…
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6 January 2014 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today applauded China for its first public effort to crackdown…
3 January 2014 A United Nations independent human rights expert urged restraint by all sides today after military police…
31 December 2013 The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political…
31 December 2013 Concerned about ongoing protests in Cambodia which have virtually shut down the garment industry, the United…
29 December 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the…
27 December 2013 An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Cambodian authorities to continue to exercise restraint…
26 December 2013 The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Thailand to drop criminal defamation…
24 December 2013 – Despite remarkable strides in improving women’s lives, China is insufficiently implementing relevant laws against discrimination and…
23 December 2013 – A United Nations human rights body voiced grave concern today after a court in Russia ordered…