21 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the “flagrant disregard” for international human rights and…
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20 May 2014 – Briefing the Security Council today on what he called an “impasse” in talks between Israelis and…
20 May 2014 – The health department of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East today reported…
19 May 2014 – Amid a “dire” situation in the Yarmouk refugee camp where thousands of civilians have been and…
19 May 2014 – Welcoming the announcement of the initial results of Iraq’s Council of Representatives election, United Nations Secretary-General…
17 May 2014 – Following reports that armed groups cut water supplies in Syria’s flashpoint town of Aleppo, leaving at…
16 May 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has started moving more food supplies…
15 May 2014 – A senior United Nations official has highlighted the extreme hardship faced by Palestinian refugees in Syria…
15 May 2014 – Nearly 15 million people in Yemen – over half the population – are in need of…
15 May 2014 – Drought and ongoing conflict are not only adding pressure to Syria’s already dire food security situation,…
13 May 2014 – Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed…
12 May 2014 – Continued inaction in the Middle East peace process could lead to further instability in the region,…
12 May 2014 – The top United Nations envoy in Iraq says he remains concerned at reports of increased armed…
8 May 2014 – The head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and…
5 May 2014 – The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned today’s deadly terrorist attack in Sana’a, as well as…
5 May 2014 – Gunfire stopped distribution of food today in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson…
1 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to Israelis and Palestinians to exercise prudence and avoid unilateral steps…
1 May 2014 – United Nations officials today congratulated the people and Government of Iraq for turning out in significant…
30 April 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the timely holding of parliamentary elections in Iraq, and,…
30 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria…