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New York, Oct 16 (JEN): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday strongly condemned an attack on a mosque, which killed the governor of the Logar Province, Arsala Jamal. more
UN envoy in Kosovo condemns bombing in Mitrovica

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): The head of United Nations mission in Kosovo strongly condemned a bombing earlier on Monday in northern Mitrovica and called for a swift and thorough investigation.

UN deplores violence in Syrian refugee camp

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees on Monday called on all parties in Syria to stop the violence in refugee camps and other civilian ...

UN deplores violence in Syrian refugee camp

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees on Monday called on all parties in Syria to stop the violence in refugee camps and other civilian ...

Ban condemns latest wave of attacks in Iraq

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned in the strongest terms a string of bombings which have killed or wounded scores of Iraqis ahead of th ...

Syrian refugees to benefit from new UN electronic voucher

New York, Oct 12 (JEN): The United Nations food relief agency Friday announced that a new electronic voucher programme in Lebanon will allow hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees to meet ...

DR Congo: UN condemns rebel attack on unarmed helicopter

New York, Oct 12 (JNE): The head of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Friday condemned an armed rebel attack on a UN helicopter carrying ...

Syria: Joint OPCW-UN mission to oversee destruction of chemical weapons

New York, Oct 12 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has formally approved a first-ever joint United Nations mission with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning global chemical weapons ...

Syria: Ban urges mission to oversee destruction of chemical weapons

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): Nearly 100 United Nations and chemical weapons experts will be deployed over the coming months in a joint mission overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weap ...

UN approves relief fund for crisis in southern Philippines

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): The United Nations emergency relief fund will allocate USD 3 million to assist people in southern Philippines where recent armed conflict has displaced communities, a ...