United Nations
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:19
The UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid) has omitted key information on a suspected ethnic cleansing operation in 2012 from its reports to the UN Security Council, according to leaked internal documents.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:58
A British man is one of two United Nations workers who have been shot dead in Somalia, the Foreign Office has said.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:58
The motive for the priest's murder was unclear, but Syria's main opposition bloc and President Bashar al-Assad's regime traded blame for the killing.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:53
The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from donors, a senior official has said.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:51
The W.H.O. and Unicef said in a joint statement on Sunday that Iraq’s expedited polio response was part of a broader vaccination effort in the region, with the goal of reaching more than 20 million children this week.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:36
Ban, in a brief visit to CAR, says the AU mission is under-resourced and overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the need.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:50
"Turkey is going into an international campaign after leaving a national election campaign behind," Davutoğlu said at a press conference at UN headquarters, referring to the March 30 local elections.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:06
A succession of deliveries in March increased the proportion of chemicals shipped out to about half the total, raising hopes that Syria could meet its April deadline. But the lapse of more than two weeks in deliveries has put that target in doubt.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:54
"The Secretary-General conveyed to the Minister his strong concerns regarding the mass death penalty sentences announced recently, as well as the detention of journalists," Ban's press office said in a statement.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:53
Egypt has weighed in on several peacekeeping efforts as well as being one of the parties involved in the debate on the Ethiopian Dam.