Geopolitics
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New York, Dec 10 (JEN): The continued “precariousness” of security in Libya highlights the need for dialogue between the Government and the main armed militias, the top United Nations official in the North African country told the Security Council Monday. more
South Africa: Ban to attend memorial service for Mandela

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Johannesburg, where he will join scores of world leaders at the official memorial service for former South African ...

Ukraine: Ban urges peaceful means to diffuse political tensions

New York, Dec 9 (JEN): With hundreds of thousands of protestors reportedly rallying anew in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday appealed direct ...

General Assembly elects Jordan to serve in UNSC

New York, Dec 7 (JEN): The United Nations General Assembly has elected Jordan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to fill a seat that Saudi Arabia had, in an earlier ...

Ban urges international community to tackle Africa’s challenges

New York, Dec 7 (JEN): Addressing the challenges facing Africa requires the international community to act with resolve, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Friday, adding ...

OSCE contributions to security indispensable: Ban

New York, Dec 6 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday hailed the vital partnership between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur ...

UN tribunals have lessons to offer on justice: UNSC

New York, Dec 6 (JEN): As the United Nations tribunals set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide prepare to conclude their work, there are lesson ...

Ban highlights potential of youths in social change

New York, Dec 6 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday paid tribute to the millions of young volunteers around the world who are acting globally for social change, mar ...

UNSC approves new peacekeeping force in CAR

New York, Dec 6 (JEN): Seriously concerned that the new dynamic of violence and retaliation in the Central African Republic (CAR) could divide the country along religious and ethnic lines a ...

Ban pays tribute to life and legacy of Nelson Mandela

New York, Dec 6 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his profound sadness at the passing of Nelson Mandela, extolling the life of the late human rights lawyer, ...