New York (dpa) – The UN Security Council said Monday Africa's Sahel region faces serious threats from terrorism and the proliferation of weapons in addition to the deteriorating humanitarian situation.
High insecurity in the region was (...)
New York (dpa) – A 30-day hunger strike by three Tibetans to protest Chinese policy in Tibet was ended following an intervention by the United Nations human rights chief, the UN said Friday.
The UN said High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi (...)
New York (dpa) – The Arab Spring will take center stage in the UN Security Council on Monday, one year after protesters took to the streets in North Africa and the Middle East to demand human rights and democracy.
The debate in the 15-nation (...)
NEW YORK (dpa) – The world has 1,226 billionaires, up from last year's 1,210, topped by Carlos Slim of Mexico and Bill Gates of the United States, Forbes Magazine said Wednesday in its annual billionaire rankings.
Slim has a net worth of 69 (...)
NEW YORK (dpa) – The United Nations Security Council was requested Tuesday to renew the mandate of its mission in Afghanistan for another 12 months in order to maintain international support for that country. The current mandate will expire March (...)
NEW YORK (dpa): The United Nations said Monday the world commitment to peace and security in Somalia entails efforts to reduce threats posed by Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents, who have allied with the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
The UN special (...)
New York (dpa) – The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously called on Syria to allow “immediate, full and unimpeded” access for humanitarian personnel to the embattled country.
The 15-nation council called for “all parties in Syria, and in (...)
New York (dpa) – China on Wednesday voiced support Wednesday for international efforts to settle the year-old conflict in Syria as Western powers discussed a new draft resolution providing relief assistance to Syrians caught in the (...)
New York (dpa) – The conflicts pitting Syria's military forces against the resistance have resulted in “well over 7,500″ dead in the past 11 months, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The top UN political affairs officer, B Lynn Pascoe, told the (...)
CAIRO (dpa) – Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea are using heavy weapons and targeting rich cargo ships to ratchet up profits to the max, the United Nations said Monday.
Piracy, which was a decade ago largely unheard of on Africa's west coast, has (...)
New York (dpa) – The United Nations was seeking more information from the Arab League before it can take part in a joint observer mission in Syria, a UN spokesman said Thursday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon revealed Wednesday that the (...)
New York (dpa) – The Arab League intends to return monitors to Syria and has asked the United Nations to join in the mission to end the bloodshed in that country, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.
Ban said Arab League Secretary (...)
New York (dpa) – The global shipping industry suffered up to 80 per cent of the nearly 7 billion dollars in economic costs due to Somali piracy last year, a report said Wednesday.
Government expenses countering piracy in the high seas accounted (...)
New York (dpa) – The Palestinian bid for UN membership, which failed in the UN Security Council last year, may be revived in other organizations, a Palestinian official said Friday.
Ambassador Riyad Mansour said a decision would be made by his (...)
New York (dpa) – An estimated 1.2 million Libyan children were to return to school for the first time since the popular unrest against the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi, the United Nations Children's Fund said Friday.
UNICEF said schools were (...)
New York (dpa) – The United Nations staff union said Tuesday that 35 UN personnel were killed in action last year, including 25 civilians.
The 2011 deaths surpassed the number of 15 killed in 2010, but was lower than the 38 UN personnel killed in (...)
New York (dpa) – The United Nations issued Wednesday a fresh appeal for Iraqi parties to resolve peacefully their internal problems as the country's political stalemate and sectarian violence continued.
The UN special envoy for Iraq, Martin (...)
New York (dpa) – Iraq has the opportunity to begin a “promising new chapter in its history” now that the United States has withdrawn from the country, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
The last US troops left Iraq in late December, (...)
New York (dpa) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday commended Israeli and Palestinian negotiators for holding talks aimed at restarting the stalled direct peace talks between the two sides.
Ban expressed appreciation to the king of Jordan (...)
New York (dpa) – Canada will not launch a new campaign for membership in the United Nations Security Council after losing the bid in 2010 to Portugal for the seat reserved for a Western nation, according to the Toronto Star on Wednesday.
Canadian (...)
New York (dpa) – Russia called Thursday for the United Nations Security Council to order an investigation of NATO bombings in Libya in support of anti-Gaddafi forces, which had resulted in civilian deaths.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin (...)