New York, Aug 31 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “deep regret' over the decision by the Egyptian court of Cassation to uphold the sentencing of severa ...

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): For the fifth International Day against Nuclear Tests, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed voluntary moratoria on testing imposed by nuclear-arm ...

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): In the wake of the grim discovery of the bodies of more than 70 people inside a truck abandoned near Austria’s border with Hungary, Secretary-General Ban Ki-mo ...

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the use of sexual violence, in particular sexual enslavement and sexual violence “related to or resultin ...

New York, Aug 28 (JENNorway): As a significant step towards preserving the world’s most important ancient crops for future generations, the head of the United Nations agriculture agen ...

New York, Aug 28 (JEN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that a round of Libyan political dialogue began today in Skhirat, Morocco, with discussions expected ...

New York, Aug 27 (JEN) With the number of migrants fleeing to Europe the violence in their countries of origin continuing to increase, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant ...

New York, Aug 27 (JEN) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is now delivering rice, beans, cooking oil and salt to more than 400,000 people affected by flooding in Myanmar and †...

New York, Aug 26 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Koen Davidse, of the Netherlands, as his Deputy Special Representative in the UN M ...