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New York, Mar 15 (IBNS): United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonovic, announced on Friday the immediate deployment of a UN monitoring team throughout crisis-torn Ukraine to help establish the facts surrounding alleged human rights violations, including in Crimea, and serve to de-escalate tensions in the country. more
UN seeks help to build on momentum in DR Congo

New York, Mar 15 (JEN): The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on Friday urged the international community as well as the Cong ...

CAR: Ban urges support to unite communities

New York, Mar 14 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “honoured” to meet at Headquarters with three religious leaders from the Central African Republic (CAR), ...

Syria: UN envoy urges UNSC to push peace talks

New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria on Thursday appealed to the UN Security Council (UNSC) to assist him in pressing for a possi ...

UNSC hosts sixth urgent session on Ukraine crisis

New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The United Nations continued efforts on multiple fronts to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, with a senior human rights official holding meetings on Thursday in the ca ...

Syria: Ban urges focus on political talks to end bloodshed

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said that the international community cannot afford to lose focus or turn away from war-torn Syria, and call ...

UN human rights experts urge Iran to halt executions

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the ongoing spike in executions in Iran, including the recent hanging of a ...

UNSC regrets delay in accord between Sudan, South Sudan

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday regretted the lack of progress in implementing a two-year-old agreement between Sudan and South Sudan on security, th ...

Ban deplores rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Wednesday’s multiple rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel, for which Islamic Jihad has claimed re ...

South Sudan: UN mission seeks respect for security agreements

New York, Mar 13 (JEN): The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports increasing difficulties in implementing its mandate due to the growing restrictions of movement, and calls ...