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Hope in war on illicit drugs – UN
Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 5:04 pm | UN News
Senior United Nations officials today called for a greater focus on development activities and alternative crops in countries where the tight grip of drug lords has disrupted peace, security and development, such as in Afghanistan and Myanmar. More >>
UN chief demands end to Israeli-Palestinian fighting
Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 4:30 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday voiced alarm that, despite the Security Council's clear demand for a ceasefire, the situation in and around the Gaza Strip appears to be worsening, with grave implications for the safety of both Israeli and Palestinian ... More >>
Saudi Arabi: harsh sentences against human rights defenders
Friday, 11 July 2014, 4:55 pm | UN News
A top United Nations official today expressed concern about the arbitrary arrest, trial and detention of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, and urged the authorities to immediately release all those held for their peaceful advocacy of human rights. More >>
UN: World’s poor hardest hit by chronic diseases
Friday, 11 July 2014, 4:52 pm | UN News
10 July 2014 – At a high-level review and assessment by the United Nations General Assembly of progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan todayexpressed ... More >>
Ban urges Israel, Palestinians to find common ground
Friday, 11 July 2014, 4:44 pm | UN News
10 July 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned the United Nations Security Council of the “risk of an all-out escalation in Israel and Gaza” and made an urgent appeal for maximum restraint, saying his “paramount concern is the safety ... More >>
UN condemns Al-Shabaab attack on Somali presidential palace
Friday, 11 July 2014, 4:42 pm | UN News
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has condemned last night’s attack on the seat of the Federal Government in Mogadishu, the latest in a series of attacks by Al-Shabaab militants against the country’s political institutions. More >>
Ban urges maximum restraint amid violence in Gaza
Friday, 11 July 2014, 4:04 pm | UN News
With militants in the Gaza Strip stepping up rocket attacks against Israel, and Israeli airstrikes on the enclave intensifying, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that he is ‘extremely concerned” by the escalating violence, and reiterated ... More >>
New report on curbing carbon emissions
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 4:47 pm | UN News
‘Time is not on our side’, says Ban, hailing new report on curbing carbon emissions 8 July 2014 – More >>
Suicide attack amidst group of children in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 4:45 pm | UN News
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today condemned a suicide bombing in the central province of Parwan which killed at least 10 children and injured six others, warning that such indiscriminate attacks could amount to international humanitarian ... More >>
UN widens its same-sex marriage policy
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 3:54 pm | UN News
The United Nations is changing how it categorizes staff personal status, allowing more same-sex couples access to the same benefits enjoyed by their heterosexual counterparts. More >>
UN: Australia’s handling of Sri Lanka asylum seekers
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 3:51 pm | UN News
The United Nations human rights office said today that is “deeply disturbed” that Australian authorities on Sunday returned to Sri Lanka 41 people seeking asylum, apparently without adequate screening of their protection claims and needs. More >>
Ban praises late Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:30 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze for contributing to efforts to overcome the divisions of the Cold War. More >>
UN calls on Iraqi leaders to agree on Speaker
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:22 pm | UN News
Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, the United Nations envoy for Iraq has called on the country’s political leaders to reach an agreement on a Speaker for the Council of Representatives as soon as possible. More >>
Palestinians in refugee camp 'will likely go hungry'
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:16 pm | UN News
Unable for more than a month now to deliver food and other supplies to Palestinians trapped in a refugee camp near Damascus, the United Nations agency tasked with ensuring their well-being said today it is urgently seeking to resume its humanitarian activities, ... More >>
UN voices concern asylum-seekers intercepted
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:11 pm | UN News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today voiced deep concern after Australia handed over some 41 asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka after intercepting them at sea, and highlighted its unease with shipboard processing of protection claims. More >>
Ukraine: Ban condemns violence against civilians
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 11:06 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the “continued, unlawful” acts of armed fighters in Ukraine after reports that they are regrouping in eastern provinces, and urged Ukrainian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and protect ... More >>
Should international refugee law accommodate climate change
Saturday, 5 July 2014, 10:23 am | UN News
Can the United Nations help to protect people seeking safety abroad if their homes and jobs are destroyed by prolonged drought, rising sea levels or other climate change-related phenomena in the same way as if they were displaced by war or human rights abuses? ... More >>
Palestinians in Syria’s Yarmouk camp without aid for 1 month
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 1:18 pm | UN News
The United Nations agency charged with ensuring the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has warned today that, despite reports of a truce between the Syrian Government and armed groups inside Yarmouk camp, it is still unable to ... More >>
UN condemns explosion in northern Mali
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 1:12 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council have strongly condemned an improvised explosive device explosion in northern Mali which killed a United Nations peacekeeper and injured six other ‘blue helmets.’ More >>
Review of probes related to UN-African Union peacekeepers
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 1:03 pm | UN News
Concerned by recent allegations against the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a review of related investigations and reviews over the last two years to determine ... More >>
