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New York, Jan 21 (JEN) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over the use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes in Southeast Asia and urged authorities to abolish the punishment amid reports that eight more people had been sentenced to death for heroin trafficking. more
Central African Republic: UN relief official calls for kidnapped aid worker’s release

New York, Jan 21 (JEN) A senior United Nations relief official in the Central African Republic (CAR) has strongly condemned the abduction of a French aid worker by unknown assailants and ca ...

Ban welcomes transfer to ICC of alleged perpetrator of Uganda war crimes

New York, Jan 21 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the transfer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Tuesday of senior Lord’s Resistanc ...

DR Congo: UN Mission deplores loss of life as police, protesters clash in capital

New York, Jan 21 (JEN) The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday condemned the deaths and injuries that occurred when prote ...

UN urges immediate halt to hostilities in Yemen, calls on all sides to abide by commitments

New York, Jan 21 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the deteriorating situation in Yemen, calling for an ...

ISIL unlawful ‘shari’a courts’ meting out ‘monstrous’ punishments, UN warns

New York, Jan 21 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday confirmed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has established unlawful, so-called ‘shari’a co ...

Abe vows to save Japanese captives

Tokyo, Jan 20 (JEN) Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to save the two Japanese hostages after the Islamic State group threatened to kill them.

Nagaland: Evasive Reconciliation

Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management The relative peace achieved in Nagaland was further consolidated through 2014, as insurgency-related fatalities continued to decline. ...

Central Africa: UN envoy urges regional response to combat 'dangerous cancer' Boko Haram

New York, Jan 20 (JEN) The senior United Nations envoy in Central Africa on Mondaywelcomed Chad’s decision to send soldiers to Cameroon to help in the fight against Boko Haram, on the heel ...

Security Council strongly condemns escalating Boko Haram attacks, warns of ‘crimes against humanity’

New York, Jan 20 (JEN) The United Nations Security Council on Mondaycondemned in the ‘strongest terms’ the recent escalation in attacks conducted by Boko Haram, and expressed its deep co ...