New York, Nov 30 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the shelling on Thursday against the Russian Embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which kille ...

New York, Nov 29 (JEN): Strongly condemning the shelling of the Russian Embassy in Damascus Thursday, the United Nations Security Council deplored the incident - which left one person dead ...

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): The United Nations is mustering planes, ferries and trucks to boost its relief efforts in the Philippines, with food still a priority almost three weeks after Typhoo ...

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur have condemned an attack on Sunday in which one Rwandan peace ...

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) Lebanon needs strong, coordinated support in response to the unprecedented challenges posed by the crisis in Syria, which has brought an inflow of hundreds of thousand ...

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that he would convene in Geneva on 22 January the long-sought international conference on Syria bringing together the G ...

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) Citing mounting human rights abuses, sexual violence and other “horrors,” a top United Nations official on Monday called on the international community for immedia ...

New York, Nov 23 (JEN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is urging greater international attention to address the “forgotten crisis” in the Central African Republic (CAR) wh ...

New York, Nov 23 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday said that it is assisting nearly 500 Syrian families who have arrived in the eastern Lebanese town of Aarsal due ...