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Ukraine:Clashes in Kiev, Peaceful Resolution of Crisis Urged
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 10:11 am | UN News
Concerned by the escalating violence in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, top United Nations officials have urged all sides to exercise restraint and find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human ... More >>
UN Envoy for Lebanon Condemns Double Bombing in Beirut
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 9:51 am | UN News
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, condemned today’s double bombing in the area of Bir Hassan in the southern Beirut suburbs that killed and wounded a number of people. More >>
Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Bill Violates Human Rights
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 1:03 pm | UN News
The United Nations agency leading the global HIV/AIDS response warned today that the signing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda would have “serious human rights implications” and urged protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ... More >>
UN Urges Libya to Reconsider New Law Curbing Free Expression
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:43 am | UN News
Libya’s new law could place undue restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion, the United Nations human rights office today warned while also expressing concern about an increasing number of attacks against journalists in recent months. More >>
Manus Island Disturbance - Need to Protect Asylum-Seekers
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:42 am | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the need to address “significant shortcomings” in the process by which Australia moves asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea and called for a probe into recent incidents that reportedly led to the death ... More >>
UN Condemns Latest Deadly Attacks in North-Eastern Nigeria
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:41 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today strongly condemned the attack on several villages in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday that led to the death of more than 150 people. More >>
Syria: Aid Deliveries to Palestinian Refugee Camp Suspended
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 2:50 pm | UN News
Unable for the tenth straight day to deliver life-saving aid to thousands of Palestinian refugees trapped in a camp near Damascus, the United Nations agency charged with ensuring their well-being is again appealing strongly to the parties to allow in ... More >>
Human Rights Inquiry on DPR Korea Documents Systematic Abuse
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 1:39 pm | UN News
A grim array of human rights abuses, driven by "policies established at the highest level of State," have been and continue to be committed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to a United Nations-mandated report released ... More >>
Kenya Must Stop Discrimination in Marriage Property Act - UN
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:43 pm | UN News
United Nations human rights experts today urged Kenya to repeal sections of its Marriage and Property Act which effectively strip women of marital property upon divorce or death of their spouse, unless they can prove they made a contribution to the acquisition ... More >>
Ban Condemns Deadly Attack on Egyptian Tour Bus in Sinai
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:41 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today's terrorist attack on a bus in the southern Sinai town of Taba, which reportedly killed four people and wounded many others. More >>
Philippines: People Still Need Support after Typhoon Haiyan
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:18 pm | UN News
The United Nations and its partners in the Philippines are warning today that millions of people affected by Typhoon Haiyan still require urgent assistance to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, 100 days after one of the most powerful storms ever recorded ... More >>
Security Council Welcomes Resumed Sudanese Peace Talks
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:17 pm | UN News
The United Nations Security Council has called on the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement--North (SPLM-N) to reach an accord on ending nearly three years of conflict in strife-torn South Kordofan and Blue Nile, as peace talks ... More >>
Food, Supplies Running Out For Palestinian Refugees In Syria
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:16 pm | UN News
Warning that food and basic supplies are running dangerously low for thousands of Palestinians languishing in the besieged Damascus suburb of Yarmouk, the United Nations agency assisting Palestine refugees across the Middle East called Saturday for speedy ... More >>
Ban Welcomes Formation Of New Government in Lebanon
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:15 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Saturday's announcement of the formation of a new Government in Lebanon, and congratulated Prime Minister Tamam Salam "on this important step". More >>
UN-Arab League Apology To Syrians over Peace Talks Stalemate
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 11:57 am | UN News
Calling an end to the latest round of United Nations-backed talks in Geneva on Syria's civil war, Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people on Saturday for the lack of progress on halting the bloodshed in their country, and urged Government and opposition ... More >>
Russia, US Pledge To Help Unblock Stalled Syria Talks
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:31 am | UN News
The United Nations/Arab Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said officials from Russia and the United States today promised to keep working with the UN to unblock stalled Syrian peace talks, as food and medical supplies continue ... More >>
$10 Million for Central African Republic Aid Effort - UN
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:29 am | UN News
The United Nations has allocated an additional $10 million from its emergency humanitarian fund to support the most critical relief operations in Central African Republic (CAR), where hundreds of thousands have been uprooted by violence across the country. More >>
Somalia: UN Envoy Condemns Attack near Airport in Mogadishu
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:13 am | UN News
The United Nations in Somalia strongly condemned an attack near the airport in Mogadishu that resulted in a number of deaths and injuries, as well as damage to a UN vehicle. More >>
World Radio Day: UN Stresses Need to Promote Women's Voices
Friday, 14 February 2014, 10:09 am | UN News
United Nations officials have marked World Radio Day by calling for harnessing the enduring power of this vital medium to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and to amplify the voice of women over the air waves. More >>
Syria: More Aid Gets to Besieged Homs As More Evacuees Leave
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 12:31 pm | UN News
More relief moved in today for Syrians trapped in the Old City of Homs for nearly two years without aid, and more evacuees moved out, as Government and opposition delegates met in Geneva in United Nations-sponsored talks seeking to end the bloody ... More >>
