Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of long-awaited accords between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 re ...

New York, Dec 13 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Thursday condemned the killing of Juan Carlos Argeñal Medina, who was shot dead in his ho ...

New York, Dec 13 (JEN): Terrorism, trafficking in arms, drugs and people, and other transnational forms of organized crime are threatening security in Africa’s vast sub-Saharan Sahel ...

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): Amid growing debate over international drug control policy in Latin America, the United Nations drug and crime agency Wednesday said that a decision by the Uruguayan ...

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): With peace efforts under way with the M23, the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is shifting its focus to other rebel groups and working w ...

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): Voicing strong concern over widespread violence in Bangladesh that has left dozens of people dead since last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wedn ...

New York, Dec 11 (JEN): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday called for an eleventh-hour stay of execution for Abdul Quader Mollah, a Bangladeshi politician ...

New York, Dec 11 (JEN): Two independent United Nations human rights experts have voiced concern about the fate of Djamel Ameziane, who was recently transferred by the United States from the ...

New York, Dec 11 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela, telling the tens of thousands gathered at the memorial service held in J ...