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More than 191,000 people killed in Syria
Monday, 25 August 2014, 11:36 am | UN News
The number of people killed in Syria is double the number documented a year ago, the United Nations human rights chief today announced, criticizing the international community for its failure to stop the “killers, destroyers and torturers” that ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Mission Condemns Bentiu Clashes
Friday, 22 August 2014, 2:01 pm | UN News
Civilians arriving at the UNMISS base in Bentiu after attacks in April 2014. Photo: UNMISS/Tina Turyagyenda More >>
Improvements in Afghan Audit Will Enhance Integrity
Friday, 22 August 2014, 1:59 pm | UN News
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan continued with the audit process on the results from the country’s Presidential election run-off held on 14 June 2014. Photo: UNAMA/Fardin Waezi More >>
Syria: Destruction of Declared Chemical Weapons Material
Friday, 22 August 2014, 1:00 pm | UN News
The US Vessel Cape Ray on which all 581 metric tonnes of a precursor chemical for sarin gas removed from Syria were destroyed while sailing in international waters. Photo: US Dept. of Transportation More >>
Libya: UN Mission Condemns Ongoing Fighting
Friday, 22 August 2014, 12:57 pm | UN News
A resident of Tayuri stands against a bullet-riddled wall of his house, part of which was destroyed during clashes in Libya. Photo: IRIN/Zahra Moloo More >>
Humane World Cannot Let West Africa Suffer
Friday, 22 August 2014, 12:55 pm | UN News
UNICEF has supplied its partners in Guinea with materials for disinfecting hospitals including sprayers and cleansers to prevent further spread of Ebola. Photo: UNICEF More >>
Middle East: UN Chief Welcomes Temporary Ceasefire
Friday, 22 August 2014, 12:49 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists at the Security Council stakeout on the situation in Gaza, in July 2014. UN Photo/Mark Garten More >>
Palestinian Children in Need of 'Psycho-Social First Aid'
Friday, 22 August 2014, 12:37 pm | UN News
Gaza: UN Says Over 370,000 Palestinian Children in Need of 'Psycho-Social First Aid' More >>
WHO-Convened Ethics Panel Endorses Use of Experimental Drugs
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 4:38 pm | UN News
A woman waits to enter an isolation ward to visit her husband, along with Liberian Ministry of Health, WHO, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) personnel who are treating several Ebola patients located in the capital Monrovia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter More >>
Ebola: UN Convenes Ethical Review of Experimental Drugs
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 4:36 pm | UN News
A government health worker at the Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone attends to a victim. Photo: IRIN/Tommy Trenchard More >>
UN System Coordinator on Ebola Dispels Myths
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 4:32 pm | UN News
INTERVIEW: UN System Coordinator on Ebola Dispels Myths, Pledges Support for West Africa’s Efforts to Halt Outbreak More >>
Aid Reaches Civilians Displaced by Ongoing Violence in Libya
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 4:23 pm | UN News
A fork-lift truck driver unloads aid from one of the trucks that crossed from Tunisia to western Libya. Photo: UNHCR/A. Ibrahim More >>
Libya: UN Mission Condemns 'Grave Escalation' in Fighting
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 4:20 pm | UN News
The United Nations mission assisting Libya today condemned the "grave escalation" in the fighting in the capital, Tripoli and its suburbs and urged all parties to work to put an end to the security deterioration, which forebodes serious consequences ... More >>
Iraq: Major Relief Effort Underway in North
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:20 pm | UN News
Iraq: Major Relief Effort Underway in North as UN Envoy Warns Against Targeting of Sunnis in South More >>
UN Launches Major Humanitarian Aid for Displaced People
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:11 pm | UN News
Workers unload trucks laden with hundreds of tents for families displaced by the recent fighting in Iraq. Photo: UNHCR/E. Colt More >>
Iraq: Security Council Approves Sanctions Against Militants
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 3:08 pm | UN News
A wide view of the Security Council in session (file photo). UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras More >>
Ensuring ‘safe space’ for returning Nigerian schoolgirls
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 12:31 pm | UN News
A United Nations official for Nigeria today said that restoring the dignity and integrity of returning schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Chibok is instrumental in reintegrating the girls back into a “safe space” in society. More >>
UN mission concerned over intimidation against journalist
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 12:30 pm | UN News
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today expressed its concern about the acts of intimidation against New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who yesterday was banned from leaving the country and told that he was being investigated for an ... More >>
UN:Welcomes destruction of Syria's chemical weapons material
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 12:28 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the destruction of Syria’s declared chemical weapons material on board the United States Maritime Vessel Cape Ray. More >>
Gaza: Ban urges parties to reach ‘immediate understanding’
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 12:25 pm | UN News
Amid fresh violence in Gaza, Ban urges parties to reach ‘immediate understanding’ on durable ceasefire More >>
