14 May 2014 – This August, Major General Kristin Lund will become the first female commander of a United Nations…
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23 May 2014 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) today sentenced former militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in…
22 May 2014 – While Somalia has made political, economic and security progress in the last 12 months, the country…
21 May 2014 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South sudan today demanded unhindered freedom of movement for its…
21 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations envoy for West Africa have strongly condemned the double…
21 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep concern at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the northern…
The United Nations blacklisted and imposed sanctions on Boko Haram as an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group Thursday, a month after it claimed the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. The designation, which was immediately welcomed by Britain…
20 May 2014 – Briefing the United Nations Security Council in the wake deadly violence that rocked the northern Malian…
20 May 2014 – International donors today pledged more than $600 million dollars in aid to South sudan at a…
20 May 2014 – Reaffirming the United Nations unwavering support for girls’ education in Nigeria, the Organization’s top women’s rights…
20 May 2014 – Ahead of simultaneous presidential, parliamentary and local government elections in Malawi, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
19 May 2014 – With ballot counting underway in Guinea Bissau’s presidential run-off, the United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General…
19 May 2014 – The United Nations mission in Libya today voiced deep concern over the recent violence in the…
22 May 2014 – Despite repeated appeals by senior United Nations officials for accountability for crimes being committed in Syria,…
21 May 2014 – UN human rights experts today appealed to Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution of two…
21 May 2014 – The United Nations and Iran have agreed on additional practical measures aimed at allaying concerns about…
21 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the “flagrant disregard” for international human rights and…
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…