Conflict
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New York, Dec 25 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday voiced concern about the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, and called for maximum restraint by all parties to prevent further bloodshed. more
UN urges South Sudan to curb escalating violence

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the United Nations human rights chief Tuesday urge ...

UNSC doubles peacekeeping force in South Sudan

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Tuesday authorized almost doubling the United Nations peacekeeping force in strife-torn South Sudan to nearly 14,000 in th ...

UN voices concern over CAR atrocities

New York, Dec 24 (JEN): Urgent national and international action is crucial to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from plunging into full-scale sectarian conflict and protect civili ...

South Sudan: Ban proposes reinforcing UN peacekeepers

New York, Dec 24 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in South Sudan Monday and proposed reinforcin ...

South Sudan: Ban seeks end to escalating violence

New York, Dec 23 (JEN): Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country Sunday announced that it has begun rel ...

CAR: UN calls for international efforts to avert disaster

New York, Dec 21 (JEN): The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), where thousands of people have been killed and 750,000 others driven from their homes, risks deteriorating even fur ...

UN: Over 30 nations to join peace conference on Syria

New York, Dec 21 (JEN): The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi Friday announced that more than 30 nations have been ...

South Sudan: Ban condemns deadly attack on UN base

New York, Dec 21 (JEN): With the security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki ...

CAR: UN urges parties to pull back from all-out war

New York, Dec 20 (JEN): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts Thursday urged all parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed clashes have escalated in re ...