Source: UN News Service Country: occupied Palestinian territory 8 February 2012 – General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today called on countries to throw their support behind a United Nations housing programme for Palestinians, stressing that it will enhance not only their living....Read Full Article ...
Source: UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti Country: Haiti Port au Prince, 8 February, 2012 – Mr. Michel Forst, the Independent Expert on the situation of human ...
08 Feb 2012 23:04 Source: reuters // Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday the Arab League chief had t...
UNITED NATIONS: The Arab League intends to restart its observer mission in Syria where government forces have killed thousands of civilians, UN leader Ban Ki-m...
IT'S a call wives of military or police personnel dread. And early on Tuesday morning, Clare Baor, received that call. It came at 10am. The caller informed Cla...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.