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New York, May 30 (JEN): Hailing the “long and proud” history of United Nations peacekeeping – with over one million “blue helmets” having served in more than 70 operations on four continents since 1948 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led the Organization on Thursday in honouring those men and women who lost their lives in the past year, while looking to the future, envisioning a modern, global force that can effectively tackle emerging peace and security challenges. more
UNSC condemns attack at Jewish Museum in Brussels

New York, May 30 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned “in the strongest terms” the recent terrorist attack against the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which resulte ...

UN urges Morocco to expedite pending laws

New York, May 30 (JEN): Morocco has made great strides towards the better promotion and protection of human rights, United Nations High Commissioner Navi Pillay said at the end of her first ...

CAR: Ban deplores recent attacks, urges end to violence

New York, May 30 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned the recent attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) and encouraged the country’s Tr ...

UNSC extends missions in Abyei, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia

New York, May 30 (JEN): The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday extended the United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei – an area contested by Sudan and South Sudan – as well as the m ...

Troop contributions from non-traditional countries on rise: UN

New York, May 30 (JEN): The United Nations keeps the peace in some of the world’s most violent places, and increasingly its peacekeepers are from Member States that are first-time contribu ...

Lebanon: UNSC urges election amid presidential vacuum

New York, May 30 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday voiced its disappointment and concern that the election for a new Lebanese President has not taken place within ...

UN concerned over ignored aid access in Syria

New York, May 30 (JEN): Three months after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution aiming to boost humanitarian aid access in Syria, a senior United Nations official is onc ...

UN urges partners to break silence on open defecation

New York, May 29 (JEN): It is time to talk about open defecation, the United Nations declared on Wednesday, launching a new campaign to end the practice and improve access to toilets and lat ...

Syria blighted by joblessness, desperation: UN

New York, May 29 (JEN): Even as the death toll from Syria’s three-year civil war continues to rise, the country’s human development has also suffered immense collateral damage – the ec ...