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New York, Oct 12 (JNE): The head of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Friday condemned an armed rebel attack on a UN helicopter carrying out a reconnaissance mission in the skies above the vast country’s restive eastern region. more
Syria: Joint OPCW-UN mission to oversee destruction of chemical weapons

New York, Oct 12 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has formally approved a first-ever joint United Nations mission with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning global chemical weapons ...

Syria: Ban urges mission to oversee destruction of chemical weapons

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): Nearly 100 United Nations and chemical weapons experts will be deployed over the coming months in a joint mission overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weap ...

UN approves relief fund for crisis in southern Philippines

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): The United Nations emergency relief fund will allocate USD 3 million to assist people in southern Philippines where recent armed conflict has displaced communities, a ...

DR Congo: UN seeks fund to assist displaced persons

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday warned that it does not have the resources to provide assistance to a growing number of people displaced by fight ...

UN refugee chief shocked as Africans die in boat tragedy

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday expressed shock at the capsizing of a boat off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa which has re ...

Syria: Chemical production units to be diasbled

New York, Oct 3 (JEN) The joint team of United Nations and international inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons production facilities completed its first day of ...

Syria: Ban calls opposition forces to send delegation

New York, Sept 30 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the National Coalition for the Syrian opposition forces to reach out to other groups and agree on a united delega ...