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New York, Mar 14 (JEN): Meetings in Morocco arranged by the United Nations that brought together participants in the Libyan political dialogue have concluded on Friday, having covered substantive and procedural issues on the way forward. more
UN proposes measures by Europe to reduce lives lost at sea

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency announced on Thursday that it has sent a letter to the European Union asking for a robust search-and-rescue operation in the Mediter ...

Somalia: UN condemns attack that killed security personnel

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The United Nations envoy in Somalia has strongly condemned Thursday’s attack in Baidoa town in the Interim South West Administration, which resulted in the dea ...

UN disaster risk reduction conference in Sendai

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): Government and civil society leaders from around the world are gathering in the Japanese city of Sendai for a United Nations conference that will take stock of ten ye ...

New UN appointments announced for political affairs, civil aviation

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has appointed Fang Liu of China to head up the Montreal-based agency, while Secretary-GeneralBan K ...

On visit to Syria, senior UN official appeals for more support for humanitarian work

New York, Mar 12 (JEN) Wrapping up a three-day visit to Syria, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations agency mandated to assist Palestinian refugees across the Middle East requested ...

At Libya talks, UN envoy stresses commitment to continued dialogue, positive outcome

New York, Mar 12 (JEN) Several Libyan political parties and personalities concluded a two-day meeting on Wednesdayin Algiers, during which United Nations envoy Bernardino León reiterated ...

Security Council delegation assesses progress in Central African Republic

New York, Mar 12 (JEN) A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is in the Central African Republic on Wednesdayto assess the progress made in stabilizing the country as well as ...

UN urges independent investigation for jailed Mauritanian activists

New York, Mar 11 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Monday expressed “deep concern” over judicial proceedings under way in Mauritania against members of two civil s ...

South Sudan: UN official condemns forced child conscription

New York, Mar 11 (JEN): Individuals responsible for the recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan must be held accountable for violating international law, the top United Nations official ...