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New York, July 29 (jen) The Security Council on Monday commended the parties to the inter-Malian dialogue on the recent adoption of a roadmap and called on them to fully comply with their commitments, including by engaging in comprehensive peace talks. more
UN chief welcomes roadmap adopted by parties at inter-Malian peace talks

New York, July 26 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Malian parties on the adoption of a roadmap at the end of the first round of peace talks, while voicing his dee ...

Amid audit delay, UN in Afghanistan proposes criteria for ordering recounts

New York, July 25 (JEN) As the audit of the Afghan presidential election resumed on Thursday, the United Nations proposed a set of criteria to the country’s main electoral body for se ...

Afghanistan to resume election audit on Thursday, UN confirms

New York, July 24 (JEN) The physical audit of the votes cast in Afghanistan’s run-off presidential election is due to resume on Thursday, the United Nations on Wednesday confirmed aft ...

Ban appoints former head of UN Liberia mission to lead operation in South Sudan

New York, July 24 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ellen Margrethe LØj of Denmark as his top official in South Sudan, replacing Hilde Johnson.

UN allocates $75 million to boost aid operations in the Sahel, Horn of Africa

New York, July 24 (JEN) The United Nations humanitarian chief on Wednesday allocated $75 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster desperately needed relief oper ...

UN working group proposes ambitious future development agenda

New York, July 22 (JEN) Member States have forwarded to the United Nations General Assembly a set of proposed goals that consider economic, social and environmental dimensions to improve peo ...

Security Council condemns downing of Malaysian airliner, calls for international probe

New York, July 22 (JEN) The Security Council on Monday called for an international investigation into last week’s downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight in eastern Ukraine, a ...

‘Indigenous peoples’ must feature in new global development agenda, stress UN experts

New York, July 22 (JEN) The new global sustainable development agenda that Members States are currently working on must include specific references to indigenous peoples and the challenges t ...

General Assembly re-elects Joan Clos as head of UN Human Settlements Programme

New York, July 19 (JEN) The General Assembly has re-elected Joan Clos of Spain as the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to a second term, whic ...