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Great Lakes region must unite to stamp out armed groups in DR Congo, urges UN envoy

New York, Feb 6 (JEN) Countries must come together to “neutralize all negative forces” terrorizing the population in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region urged on Thursday following meetings with top Rwandan officials to discuss recent peace and security developments in the region. more

UN food aid agency condemns ISIL’s ‘manipulation’ of desperately needed food in Syria

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing WFP food boxes bearing Islamic State of Iraq ...

UN-hosted aviation safety conference recommends aircraft tracking every 15 minutes

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have recommended the adoption of a 15-minute aircraft tracking standard that “will be an importa ...

Armed groups to be ‘neutralised’ says UN DR Congo envoy after massacre near Beni

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) The head of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has on Wednesday strongly condemned massacre of civilians that took place in th ...

Libya: UN mission condemns attack on oilfield, calls for immediate ceasefire

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned the attack carried out by armed groups operating under the Alshuruq Operation in the ‘oil ...

First UN conference on tourism and culture opens in Cambodia, seeks to build partnerships

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) Aimed at bringing together Ministers of Tourism and Ministers of Culture to identify key opportunities and challenges for stronger cooperation between the fields, two U ...

UN rights experts urge Bahrain to release arrested opposition leader

New York, Feb 5 (JEN) A group of United Nations human rights experts are urging the Government of Bahrain to release opposition politician and religious figure Sheikh Ali Salman who was arr ...

UN chief, Security Council denounce ‘appalling’ murder of Jordanian pilot by ISIL

New York, Feb 4 (JEN): For the second time in as many days, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have jointly condemned the brutal killing of a civilian by t ...

Global collaboration critical as humanitarian crises grow, says top UN relief official

New York, Feb 4 (JEN):International stakeholders will increasingly need to collaborate as they face down rising levels of humanitarian strife around the globe, Valerie Amos, the United Natio ...

UNESCO deplores ‘cultural cleansing’ of Iraq as armed extremists ransack Mosul libraries

New York, Feb 4 (JEN) The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voiced alarm on Tuesday over the reported destruction of thousands of books in ...