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New York, Feb 22 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency is urging countries to offer increased resettlement or other forms of admission, including scholarships, for an additional 100,000 Syrian refugees in 2015 and 2016. more
Rule of law indispensable element for peace: UNSC

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): Emphasizing the rule of law as a vital element of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace building, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC ...

Ukraine: Ban horrified by violence in Kiev

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke on Friday with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, urging him to implement a just-proposed deal with opposition ...

Almost 20,000 CAR refugees cross into Cameroon: UN

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): Almost 20,000 people from the Central African Republic (CAR) have crossed into Cameroon since the beginning of February to escape the ongoing violence in their homela ...

Sudan: UN seeks release of reports on 2013 protests

New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Expressing “deep concern” that the Sudanese authorities have not yet issued their reports on last year’s oil subsidy demonstrations, a United Nations human righ ...

UN urges action to end poverty, overcome inequality

New York, Feb 21 (JEN): United Nations officials are marking the World Day of Social Justice with strong calls on the international community to take practical steps to break down the barrie ...

Ukraine: UN deplores use of excessive force

New York, Feb 21 (JEN): As the casualties mount in and around crisis-riven Kiev, so have the calls for restraint from senior United Nations officials, who on Thursday once again urged the au ...

UN urges collective action to save CAR from violence

New York, Feb 21 (JEN): Time is of the essence if the international community does not want to fail the people of the Central African Republic (CAR), top United Nations officials warned on T ...

Ban, UNSC condemns double bombing in Beirut suburb

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the top United Nations envoy for Lebanon and the UN Security Council (UNSC) have condemned Wednesday’s double bombing ...

Siege warfare in Syria violates human rights laws: UN

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): An estimated 240,000 Syrian remain trapped in areas under siege resulting in severe hardship, suffering and deaths of civilians, in clear breach of the obligations un ...