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New York, Oct 7 (JEN) The horrors of sexual violence in South Sudan did not end with the ceasefire agreement, a senior United Nations official on Monday said calling on citizens of the world's youngest country to stand together and say “enough is enough.” more
UN in Somalia welcomes recovery of port city from insurgents

New York, Oct 7 (JEN) The top United Nations official in Somalia on Monday welcomed the recovery of the port city Barawe from Al-Shabaab fighters, the first time it has been in Somali contro ...

Ban ‘outraged’ by deadly attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed shock and outrage at the killing of nine peacekeepers in an attack in Mali and issued a warning that al ...

UN rights office condemns destruction of Syrian holy sites as ISIL terror continues

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed concern about the continuing wave of destruction unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ...

Ukraine: UN chief 'disturbed' by death of aid worker, dangerous surge in fighting

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “saddened and disturbed” to learn of the death of an international humanitarian aid worker, killed when a shell ...

Security Council condemns 'heinous and cowardly murder' of British aid worker

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the killing of British humanitarian aid worker Alan Henning by the group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Leva ...

Syria: Security Council condemns bomb attacks on school in Homs

New York, Oct 4 (JEN) The members of the Security Council on Friday added their voices to growing condemnation of twin bomb attacks on a school complex in Syria that killed dozens of childre ...

In summit-level meeting, Ban announces review of UN 'blue helmet' operations

New York, Sept 27 (JEN) From northern Mali to the Golan Heights, the risks facing United Nations peacekeepers are growing as they are deployed in increasingly dynamic and challenging situati ...

World must move toward total elimination of nuclear weapons – UN chief

New York, Sept 27 (JEN) The time has come for the total elimination of nuclear weapons stockpiles, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared as he urged the revival of nuclear disarmament ...

Terrorism, Ebola are impeding development, DR Congo chief tells UN

New York, Sept 26 (JEN) President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the United Nations on Thursday that global development was threatened by terrorism and the r ...