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New York, Dec 17 (JEN): With another release by Israel of Palestinian prisoners set for later this month, the top United Nations envoy for the Middle East urged both sides to refrain from any actions which could undermine the prospects for progress in what has been an important year for the peace process. more
UNSC concerned at worsening security in Libya

New York, Dec 17 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Monday voiced its grave concern at the worsening security situation and political divisions in Libya which threaten to und ...

Syria: UN voices horror at reported bomb raid in Aleppo

New York, Dec 17 (JEN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced horror Monday at reports that as many as 28 Syrian children were killed in a bombing raid in Aleppo while the UN ...

DR Congo: UN boosts attack force in east after massacre

New York, Dec 17 (JEN): The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sent attack helicopters and manned foot patrols into the country’s strife-torn North Kivu ...

Ban urges leaders to emulate Mandela’s example for peace

New York, Dec 17 (JEN): With 2013 marked by a deterioration “beyond all imagination” in the Syrian conflict and the “imminent danger of mass atrocities” looming in the Central Afric ...

Syria sees rise in abductions, disappearances

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) Syrians continue to fall victim to a callous indifference towards human life and disregard for safety, exemplified by the increasing trend of abductions and enforced ...

Over 600 killed, 159,000 displaced in CAR: UN

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) The humanitarian situation in the conflict-wracked Central African Republic (CAR) is deteriorating, with 450 people killed in the capital Bangui and 159,000 others d ...

Hold guilty accountable for Syria chemical attacks: Ban

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the international community to hold accountable those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, foll ...

Ban makes radio appeal to CAR to end bloodshed

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took to the airwaves on Friday to make a personal appeal to the citizens of the strife-torn Central African Republic (CAR) to end th ...

Lebanon: UN ramps up winter aid for Syrian refugees

New York, Dec 13 (JEN): The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are ramping up efforts to assist more than 800,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon who are facing the onslaught of cold we ...