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New York, Apr 22 (JEN): Urging Syrian authorities to reconsider plans to conduct a presidential election in early June, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Joint UN-League of Arab States Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi on Monday pledged to continue to seek and build on any opportunity to resolve the country’s three-year civil war. more
Syria: UN urges efforts as chemical weapons deadline slips

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): Concerned that Syria has missed the 13 April deadline to remove most of its chemical agents, the Joint Mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Wea ...

Syria: UN strongly condemns car bomb attacks in Homs

New York, Apr 11 (JEN): Speaking out strongly against Wednesday’s deadly car bomb attacks on a busy shopping street in the Syrian city of Homs, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordina ...

Syria: Ban condemns spiralling violence, urges end to conflict

New York, Apr 9 (JEN): Amid surging violence across Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of an elderly priest in Homs and the ongoing brutality again ...