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New Delhi, Dec 18 (JEN) More than 40 years since its demand and several fasts by social activist Anna Hazare, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill after it was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, marking a historic footprint in Indian polity with the bill now set to be a law under which an anti-graft ombudsman would probe financial wrongdoings in even highest levels. more
Ukraine unrest: UN urges restraint

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) The United Nations on Friday called on all parties in Ukraine to exercise restraint amid reports of the use of excessive force by police and violent acts by demonstr ...

UN continuing to improve quality of peacekeeping

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) Describing an “active year”, the United Nations peacekeeping chief on Friday highlighted the progress made in key hotspots around the world, including th ...

DR Congo-M23 sign declarations; Ban welcomes

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of long-awaited accords between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 re ...

UNESCO urges probe into murder of Honduran journalist

New York, Dec 13 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Thursday condemned the killing of Juan Carlos Argeñal Medina, who was shot dead in his ho ...

Africa threatened by terrorism, organized crime: Ban

New York, Dec 13 (JEN): Terrorism, trafficking in arms, drugs and people, and other transnational forms of organized crime are threatening security in Africa’s vast sub-Saharan Sahel ...

UN concerned over Uruguay’s move to legalize cannabis

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): Amid growing debate over international drug control policy in Latin America, the United Nations drug and crime agency Wednesday said that a decision by the Uruguayan ...

DR Congo: UN peacekeeping on offensive after defeat of M23

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): With peace efforts under way with the M23, the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is shifting its focus to other rebel groups and working w ...

Ban urges Bangladesh to solve differences over elections

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): Voicing strong concern over widespread violence in Bangladesh that has left dozens of people dead since last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wedn ...

UN urges halt to execution of Bangladeshi politician

New York, Dec 11 (JEN): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday called for an eleventh-hour stay of execution for Abdul Quader Mollah, a Bangladeshi politician ...