16 August 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the suicide attack on a United Nations base in mali…
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14 August 2014 – With the addition of Aguas da Prata, Brazil, two thousand cities worldwide are now enrolled in…
15 August 2014 – A United Nations human rights expert today denounced the arrest and sentencing of political activists in…
14 August 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Mr. Bernardino León of Spain as…
14 August 2014 – The United Nations has designated its highest level emergency for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, citing…
14 August 2014 – A senior United Nations official today condemned the murder of six members of the same family…
13 August 2014 – As Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi continues to form a new Government, the United Nations Security…
13 August 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland…
12 August 2014 – The Gambia postponed a visit at the last minute by two United Nations independent experts, a…
10 August 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today’s announcement by Egypt that the Israelis and the Palestinians have accepted…
8 August 2014 – As violence escalates in Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are distributing…
8 August 2014 – Expressing “grave alarm and concern” about the deteriorating security situation and looming humanitarian catastrophe and South…
8 August 2014 – Fighting from 30 to 31 July in Batangafo, Central African Republic (CAR) has caused renewed displacement,…
8 August 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern over the situation in Libya, where…
8 August 2014 – Gravely concerned for the physical safety of civilians in northern Iraq and the humanitarian situation in…
8 August 2014 – Amid renewed hostilities in Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called firmly on the parties to…
8 August 2014 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced grave concern over the escalating…
8 August 2014 – A senior United Nations human rights official today declared the situation in Eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming”…
7 August 2014 – The head of the UN agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the death of…
8 August 2014 – A United Nations human rights expert today urged the international community to “act now” to avert…