Conflict

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UN refugee agency posts largest-ever budget as funding pledges drop by a quarter

New York, Dec 10 (JEN) Faced with multiple large-scale emergencies in the Middle East and Africa, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday warned donors at the agency’s annual pledging conference that the world’s humanitarian financing system was “close to bankruptcy.” more

Central African Republic in ‘critical phase’ of transition – UN peacekeeping chief

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): Despite a volatile security situation and ongoing fighting throughout the country, the Central African Republic (CAR) is now entering “a critical phase” in its tr ...

Eric Garner, Michael Brown cases spark ‘legitimate concerns’ about US policing – UN experts

New York, Dec 6 (JEN) Grand jury verdicts in the United States which resulted in the decisions to not bring to trial the cases of two unarmed African-American men killed by police forces ha ...

Amid fresh violence in Libya, UN mission urges all parties to give dialogue chance to succeed

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) Strongly condemning the spiralling violence in Libya, including a recent round of air raids in the western part of the country, the United Nations Support Mission (UNSM ...

Ban condemns deadly terrorist attacks in Grozny

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned last night’s terrorist attacks in Grozny, Russia, reiterating that there can be no justif ...

Senior UN relief official describes “bleak” situation in South Sudan after a year of conflict

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) A year of conflict has “devastated” South Sudan, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-wha Kang, said at UN Headquarters on Thursday, as she ...

Darfur: UN peacekeeping chief warns Security Council of region’s ongoing insecurity, violence

New York, Dec 5 (JEN) The situation in Darfur remains precarious amid intermittent clashes, inter-communal violence, and a dire humanitarian crisis, the top United Nations peacekeeping offic ...

At Harvard, UN chief urges global community to confront world’s existential threats

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) The world on Tuesdayfaces an increasing array of threats to peaceful coexistence – from climate change and conflict to poverty and disease – all of which loom over ...

Ban deplores deadly terrorist attack against civilians in north-eastern Kenya

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a “horrific” terrorist attack in Mandera, Kenya which left over 30 people killed in the second outburst o ...

Great Lakes Envoys outraged by spate of civilian massacres in eastern DR Congo

New York, Dec 3 (JEN) A team of United Nations, African Union and other Special Envoys on the Great Lakes region have said they are “deeply outraged” by the recent spate of civilian mass ...