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New York, Apr 30 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire in Western Sahara and organizing a referendum on self-determination for the people of the territory. more
Cote d’Ivoire: UNSC lifts diamond ban, tweaks arms embargo

New York, Apr 30 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday voted unanimously to lift a ban on importing rough diamonds from Cote d’Ivoire and to partially lift the ...

UN seeks high-level participation in conference on LLDC

New York, Apr 29 (JEN): United Nations Under Secretary-General Gyan Chandra Acharya has welcomed the adoption of resolution calling for the active participation of all Member States in the S ...

Algeria: Ban lauds peaceful polls, encourages democracy

New York, Apr 25 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday congratulated the people and Government of Algeria on the peaceful holding of recent presidential elections a ...

DR Congo: UN pledges support to upcoming polls

New York, Apr 24 (JEN): The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will provide technical and logistical support for upcoming elections, the top UN official in ...

UN urges less military spending, more investment in development

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): Marking the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, the United Nations independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order called ...

Ban commends Guinea-Bissau for peaceful elections

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded the people of Guinea-Bissau for their orderly and peaceful participation in Sunday’s presidential an ...

UN welcomes release of partial results in Afghanistan poll

New York, Apr 14 (JEN): Welcoming Sunday's announcement of the first batch of results in Afghanistan's Presidential elections as a further step towards completing the electoral process, the ...

UN urges credible industrial policies to transform Africa

New York, Apr 12 (JEN): While Africa has recorded impressive economic growth in the past decade, more credible industrial policies and institutions are needed to advance the structural trans ...

UN launches joint talks on development partnerships

New York, Apr 10 (JEN): The United Nations took a major step on the road towards crafting a new, sustainability-focused agenda, as two of the Organization’s main bodies – the G ...