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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against Israel's "totally unacceptable" attacks against three clearly-marked United Nations schools, where civili... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
More than 30 people have been killed in two separate strikes on clearly-marked United Nations schools where civilians were seeking refuge from the ongoing viol... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has urged all parties to the ongoing conflict in Somalia to ensure the safety of humanitarian aid workers after o... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
There were 9.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Central and Eastern Africa region as of December 2008, according to a United Nations report r... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Two new contingents of Nigerian police officers trained in high-risk operations have joined the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is intensifying his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire, meeting with Arab foreign ministers in New York today to press f... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), i... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
The top United Nations refugee official has stressed that civilians wishing to leave Gaza, where an Israeli military operation in response to Hamas rocket atta... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is intensifying his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire, meeting with Arab foreign ministers in New York today to press f... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intensified his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire today, calling on Arab foreign ministers to help ensure that Israel e... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
A joint United Nations assessment mission is being carried out in the Indonesian province of West Papua, where a series of earthquakes yesterday injured hundre... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
The United Nations emergency relief fund, set up to speed response to those suffering from natural and man-made disasters, has reached its $450 million annual ... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders resumed their United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island as they held their fir... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today strongly condemned recent attacks which have killed at least 40 pilgrims and wounded dozens more in Baghdad ahead of... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Ambulances and medical workers in Gaza are facing increasing difficulty in reaching the wounded, some are being killed in doing so, and a "humanitarian breathi... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
More than 100 young Ukrainians have joined in a United Nations-backed essay competition in a bid to raise awareness of the negative effectives of corruption in... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Many Afghan refugees returning to their homeland in recent years, mostly from Pakistan, are struggling to make a living and to cope with their new surroundings... |
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
The top United Nations relief official in Somalia has voiced grave concern at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the strife-torn nation, where fresh c... |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 |
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the United Nations has an important role to play in halting the violence in Gaza, expressing regret that the Secu... |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 |
A senior United Nations electoral official today urged Bangladesh's newly elected Government to extend a hand of friendship to the opposition, saying there ... |
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