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New York: The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned an attack on a UN peacekeeping patrol in the northeast Central African Republic (CAR) on Monday which left one Rwandan ‘blue helmet’ dead. more
Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

New York: As conflict continues to rage in Sudan, UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Tuesday at a surge in the number of people fleeing across the border to Chad.

New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

A new UN report launched on Monday revealed no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still ho ...

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

New York: The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as its final judgement was delivere ...

UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

New York: The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to protests that erupted there last November, has said that ...

Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

New York: In a landmark resolution, the UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the de facto rulers of Afghanistan’s decision to ban women nationals from working for the United Na ...

UN pledges to ‘stand with and work for the Sudanese people’

New York: The UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the temporary relocation of hundreds of staff members and their families from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, amid the continuing inte ...

New network aims to save migrant lives in the Americas

New York: A new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.

UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians

New York: Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands of missing Syrians and bring peace to their families, as the General Assembly debated on ...

UN upholds fight for a fairer world on anti-racism day

New York: With xenophobia, prejudice, and hate speech on the rise, the UN community gathered in the General Assembly Hall on Wednesday to call for action to root out racism and discrimina ...