22 April 2014 – Recent fighting between Government forces and Kachin rebels in Myanmar, and the resulting displacement of thousands…
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22 April 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has denounced the killing…
21 April 2014 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed today that two of its national staff who were…
21 April 2014 – With the results still being counted from Afghanistan’s recent presidential election, the top United Nations official…
22 April 2014 – Confirming that children were killed in South sudan during recent brutal attacks on displaced civilians or…
22 April 2014 – Following the murder earlier today of Somali parliamentarian Abdiaziz Isaaq Mursal – the second lawmaker to…
16 April 2014 – A United Nations human rights panel said today that Argentine authorities failed to ensure that a…
16 April 2014 – As the FIFA World Cup in Brazil draws closer, the United Nations agency leading the response…
21 April 2014 – Opposition forces in South sudan killed “hundreds of South Sudanese and foreign civilians” after determining their…
21 April 2014 – The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today condemned the murder of parliamentarian Isaak Mohamed Rino…
18 April 2014 – The Security Council on Friday voiced its outrage at the recent attacks by armed groups in…
Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians in ethnic killings when they captured the oil town of Bentiu last week, the UN said Monday, one of the worst reported atrocities in the war-torn nation. In the main mosque alone, “more than…
19 April 2014 – Syria has, as of 19 April, removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 per cent of its…
17 April 2014 – On his first official visit to the Gaza Strip, the new head of the United Nations…
17 April 2014 – Regretting the abrupt halt in talks between the Syrian authorities and the negotiating committee representing civilians…
17 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he was encouraged by the initial round of diplomatic…
16 April 2014 – The ongoing unrest in eastern Ukraine, if not addressed as a matter of priority, risks seriously…
16 April 2014 – Violence against women remains a pervasive challenge in the United Kingdom and a more comprehensive and…
15 April 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency applauded today the “significant efforts” made recently by the Bulgarian authorities…
15 April 2014 – While corruption and widespread inequality were among the root causes of the massive street protests that…