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New York, Sept 12 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Thursday the release of the 45 United Nations peacekeepers that had been forcibly taken on 28 August 2014 in the Golan and detained by armed elements. more
UN officials call for renewed global commitment to ending nuclear tests

New York, Sept 11 (JEN)United Nations officials on Wednesday called for renewed commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons and nuclear tests, noting that nearly 2,000 such tests have take ...

South Sudan: Preliminary UN probe shows helicopter was shot down

New York, Sept 10 (JEN) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday its initial investigation Has revealed that UN helicopter that crashed near Bentiu late last month ...

Somalia: UN envoy condemns latest terrorist attacks

New York, Sept 10 (JEN) Calling for reconciliation and an end to violence in Somalia, the top United Nations official condemned the terrorist attacks in several locations in country on Monda ...

Peace means dignity, well-being for all, not just absence of war – UN officials

New York, Sept 10 (JEN) Underscoring that peace is more than just the absence of war, United Nations officials on Tuesday stressed the need for concerted efforts to achieve the common vision ...

African Union-UN mission calls for restraint amid tensions at Darfur camp

New York, Sept 9 (JEN) Concerned about escalating tensions, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region on Monday called for restraint by all parties in ...

No ‘back to school’ for millions of children affected by conflict, crisis – UN

New York, Sept 9 (JEN) Almost 30 million children are out of school in emergency or conflict affected countries following the targeting of schools and the displacement of millions of childre ...

Ukraine death toll of more than 3,000 ‘alarming’: UN

New York, Sept 9(JEN) The number of people killed in Ukraine has topped 3,000 and could be “significantly higher,” a senior United Nations human rights official said on Monday, as he urg ...

Security Council told of indiscriminate, brutal killings children face in conflict

New York, Sept 9 (JEN) The multiplication of crises affecting children since the beginning of 2014 is creating unprecedented challenges that overshadow progress to date to protect them from ...

New UN envoys for Syria crisis heading to Damascus

New York, Sept 9 (JEN) The United Nations said on Monday that the new envoys tasked with advancing a peaceful settlement to the ongoing conflict in Syria will travel to Damascus for consult ...