New York, Mar 20 (JEN): With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed to Russia and Ukraine as part of his diplomatic efforts to de-escalate current tensions, the Security Council ...

New York, Mar 20 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya and imposing sa ...

New York, Mar 20 (JEN): Inclusivity, institution-building and international/regional support are the three key ingredients to long-lasting post-conflict peace, United Nations officials said ...

New York, Mar 20 (JEN): Young Syrian refugees in Jordan need the support of the country’s population, said the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): Hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee the bloodshed in their homeland and now living in Jordan, are struggling to make lives for themselves outside that cou ...

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): Against the backdrop of last week’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in Gaza and Israel, the top United Nations political official told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on ...

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): The United Nations peacekeeping chief on Tuesday called on the parties in South Sudan to respect the cessation of hostilities agreement they signed two months ago, am ...

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): As the Syrian war enters a fourth year, the harrowing violence shows no signs of subsiding – the fighting has driven some nine million civilians from their homes an ...

New York, Mar 19 (JEN): The United Nations strongly condemned a deadly suicide attack that occurred on Tuesday in the northern Afghan province of Faryab, killing 15 civilians and injuring ne ...