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New York, Sept 13 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mohammed Ibn Chambas as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA). more
UN rights official cites ‘clear need’ for vigilance on issue of privacy in digital age

New York, Sept 13 (JEN) Stating that the digital age has opened the door to emancipation for millions and has been perhaps the greatest liberation movement the world has ever known, a senio ...

New UN envoy for Syria meets President, senior ministers in Damascus

New York, Sept 12 (JEN) On his first visit to Syria since being appointed United Nations Special Envoy for that country, Staffan de Mistura met with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on ...

Haiti: UN envoy calls for democratic consolidation to avoid 'institutional vacuum'

New York, Sept 12 (JEN) Amid continuing mistrust and disagreement over the electoral process in Haiti, a senior United Nations official on Thursday voiced deep concern over the political st ...

Myanmar: UN officials urge greater humanitarian, development support for Rakhine

New York, Sept 12 (JEN) Two senior United Nations officials have called for increased humanitarian assistance and development efforts to meet the needs of all communities in Myanmar’s ...

Senior UN officials urge Member States to craft 'bold, pragmatic' post-2015 agenda

New York, Sept 12 (JEN) With an “intense and important year ahead,” United Nations Member States must work to build a framework that will sustain and finish what was accomplishe ...

Meeting Afghan presidential candidates, UN political chief urges unity, pledges support

New York, Sept 12 (JEN) In Kabul on Thursday , United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met with Afghanistan's two presidential candidates, Abdullah Abdu ...

Libya: UN envoy calls for end to fighting, beginning of political process

New York, Sept 11 (JEN) The violence in Libya must stop, the United Nations envoy to that country on Wednesday reiterated, calling for “meaningful, effective” dialogue to end wha ...

UN mission in Afghanistan supports call for presidential candidates to resolve differences

New York, Sept 11 (JEN) The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, on Wednesday endorsed a call made by the Ulema Council, a key religious adviso ...

UN rights expert welcomes new Assembly resolution on debt structuring

New York, Sept 11 (JEN) A new United Nations General Assembly resolution on debt restructuring that will set up a multilateral legal framework for debtor countries to emerge from debt safely ...