18 December 2013 – The Security Council today extended the nearly 40-year-old United Nations observer force in the Golan Heights…
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18 December 2013 – The search for suitable vendors to assist in the commercial transport and destruction of Syrian chemical…
17 December 2013 – The long-sought international peace conference on Syria is set to begin on 22 January with a…
16 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the members of Security Council have deplored the shooting on Sunday of…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced horror today at reports that as many as 28…
16 December 2013 – With another release by Israel of Palestinian prisoners set for later this month, the top United…
16 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the shooting on Sunday of an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldier…
13 December 2013 – Syrians continue to fall victim to a callous indifference towards human life and disregard for safety,…
13 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to hold accountable those responsible for the…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are ramping up efforts to assist more than 800,000…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations team probing the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which in September found…
11 December 2013 – A senior United Nations humanitarian official today voiced concern as Israeli demolitions in the Jordan Valley…
10 December 2013 – As the Syrian crisis passes the tragic 1,000-day mark, the United Nations refugee agency is working…
10 December 2013 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today voiced grave concern…
9 December 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today called on the Iraqi Government to…
9 December 2013 – The Government of Israel has decided to resume the transfer of construction materials for United Nations…
The bodies of 18 people kidnapped hours earlier by men in army uniforms were found abandoned north of Baghdad on Friday, the latest troubling sign of worsening violence in Iraq. The killings come amid a surge in violence that has included multiple attacks…
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran’s sole nuclear power plant killed eight people and injured 190 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hassan Qadami told state media. “So far, there are seven dead and 30 injured receiving hospital…