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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 and legislative elections, and called on all candidates to respect the upcoming results. more
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 ...

Afghanistan: Ban welcomes polls as transition of power

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 impor ...

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 ...