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Madagascar: Ban Concerned By Latest Electoral Developments
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 12:56 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shares the concerns expressed earlier by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union over the latest developments in the electoral process in Madagascar, according to the spokesperson ... More >>
UN Praises Bangladesh's Response to Tropical Storm Mahasen
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 10:19 am | UN News
The United Nations has commended the work carried out by the Bangladeshi Government ahead of tropical storm Mahasen, which hit the country last Thursday, noting it saved thousands of lives. More >>
DR Congo: Fighting Resumes between Government and M23 Forces
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 10:18 am | UN News
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23) and the national armed forces in the eastern city of Goma. More >>
Afghanistan: Law to Eliminate Violence against Women
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 10:17 am | UN News
Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage and other forms of violence, in line with international commitments, after the Afghan Parliament ... More >>
Papua New Guinea's Plan to Resume Death Penalty A Setback
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:29 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights office today expressed serious concern over Papua New Guinea’s announcement that it will resume the death penalty more than half a century since it last carried out an execution, stressing this would represent ... More >>
Countries Must Repeal Laws That Discriminate Against LGBT
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:28 am | UN News
Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, United Nations officials today issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate against them. More >>
Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 1.5 Million Mark
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:25 am | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark, while warning that the widening gap between the needs and resources available is becoming ... More >>
Bangladesh Work Safety Accord Signed by Major Companies
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:23 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the decision of dozens of international companies to sign on to an fire-and-safety agreement in the aftermath of the deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh, while calling for additional actions to overhaul ... More >>
Eight Countries To Combat Illegal Trade in Elephant Ivory
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:22 am | UN News
Eight countries identified as being the most affected by the illegal trade in elephant ivory have submitted national action plans to the United Nations-backed treaty for the conservation of endangered species containing measures to combat the scourge. More >>
French Polynesia Added to UN Decolonization List
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:16 am | UN News
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to place French Polynesia back on the UN list of territories that should be decolonized and requested the French Government to "facilitate rapid progress […] towards a self-determination process." More >>
Concern About Provocations after DPR Korea Missile Test
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:13 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern about provocations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday. More >>
South Sudan: UN Reinforces Peacekeeping in Pibor Town
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:31 am | UN News
Additional United Nations peacekeepers are on alert to protect civilians in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state where the situation remains tense amid recent violence, looting and displacement, the Secretary-General’s spokesperson ... More >>
Day of Families: Importance of Intergenerational Solidarity
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:29 am | UN News
Supportive relationships between family members from different generations are more important now than ever before to face unemployment and other current social and economic challenges, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, marking the International ... More >>
General Assembly Demands Halt to All Violence in Syria
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:28 am | UN News
Expressing grave concern at the continuing escalation of violence in Syria, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution reiterating its call for rapid progress on a political transition, “which represents the best opportunity to resolve ... More >>
CAR: UN Envoy Urges Security Council to Bolster Security
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:27 am | UN News
A neutral security force is urgently needed to help restore the stability and counter the absence of law and order in the Central African Republic (CAR), a United Nations envoy today told the Security Council, while also calling on the body to consider ... More >>
Justice in Guatemala Vital For Preventing Heinous Crimes
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:25 am | UN News
Establishing truth and justice in Guatemala is essential to ensuring that heinous crimes such as arbitrary executions, rape and forced displacement – committed during the country’s civil war – do not take place again and to ending impunity, a group ... More >>
Deteriorating Security in Northeast Nigeria
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:20 am | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on all extremist groups in Nigeria to cease their attacks amid deteriorating security in the country and where a state of emergency has been declared in parts of the northeast. More >>
UN Welcomes Donors’ €3.25b Pledge to Help Rebuild Mali
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:18 am | UN News
The United Nations today welcomed the international community’s pledge of €3.25 billion to support a recovery plan for Mali, which is emerging from a recent crisis that saw its northern territory overtaken by extremists and hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Iraq: Relocation of First Group of Iranian Exiles to Albania
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:09 am | UN News
The top United Nations official in Iraq today called the relocation of 14 Iranians to Albania from an exile camp near Baghdad, an “encouraging first step.” “The residents’ arrival in Albania late last night is an encouraging first step in the ... More >>
Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis Could Threaten Political Gains
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:08 am | UN News
Yemen is facing a worsening humanitarian situation which could destabilize the country’s gains on the political front, a senior United Nations relief official warned today, noting that half of the country’s 24 million people are in need of assistance. More >>
