New York, Oct 23 (JEN) The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUSCO, has stepped up its security following several attacks on its bases in North Kivu, inc ...

New York, Oct 23 (JEN): While noting the progress made to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United Nations political chief on Wednesday said that a sustained long-term solution mus ...

New York, Oct 22 (JEN) The incidences of torture and ill-treatment around the world have not been diminishing and the need for effective prevention is “as great as it ever has been,â ...

New York, Oct 22 (JEN) Secretary -General Ban Ki-moon has condemned last week’s decision by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to expel from the country its top United Nations ...

New York, Oct 22 (JEN) On the heels of last week’s visit to Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Tuesdaythat promises made at a recent donor ...

New York, Oct 21 (JEN) Expressing serious concern at the detention of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, as well as more than 69 other people who were arrested in February durin ...

New York, Oct 21 (JEN) With Iraq soon expecting heavy winter rains and sub-zero temperatures, efforts to provide hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons in the Middle Eastern ...

New York, Oct 18 (JEN) Welcoming the scheduled resumption on 19 October of the inter-Malian negotiation process in Algiers, the United Nations Security Council on Fridaycalled on all parties ...

New York, Oct 17 (JEN): In three rounds of voting the United Nations General Assembly Thursday elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on ...