Geopolitics
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New York, Apr 8 (JEN): United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Afghan people for Saturday’s historic presidential and provincial elections, which marked “an important step forward” in the country’s path to democracy. more
UNSC seeks peaceful, credible polls in Guinea-Bissau

New York, Apr 5 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has urged all national stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau to facilitate the conduct of peaceful and credible elections on Apr 13, ...

Ban urges all Afghans to vote in upcoming elections

New York, Apr 4 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he is encouraged by the technical and security preparations and broad public engagement for Afghanistanâ ...

UN seeks real-time flight data on Malaysian airline

New York, Apr 2 (JEN): In the wake of the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the ongoing hunt for the plane, the head of the United Nations International Telecommun ...

Guinea-Bissau: UN stresses need for free, fair polls

New York, Apr 2 (JEN): The United Nations panel dealing with peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday welcomed the successful preparations for the country’s upcoming legislat ...

El Salvador: Ban commends turnout for presidential poll

New York, Apr 1 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon followed with keen interest the electoral process in El Salvador, whose outcome confirmed the election of Salvador Sánc ...

Maldives: Ban welcomes peaceful parliamentary polls

New York, Mar 27 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the timely holding of the parliamentary election in the Maldives, which international observers have assesse ...

Haiti: UN hails political progress ahead of elections

New York, Mar 25 (JEN): Following a recent agreement on an inter-Haitian dialogue, the long-troubled country is at a turning point where progress on peace, security and stability must be su ...

UN launches database on global land use

New York, Mar 18 (JEN): The United Nations agricultural agency on Monday launched a new database which gathers under one roof previously scattered information about land cover – how m ...

UNSC extends UN Libya mission through 2015

New York, Mar 15 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday extended for another year the United Nations mission assisting Libya, as preparations in the North African count ...