The United Nations failed to agree on a response to North Korea’s long-range rocket launch despite pressure from Washington and its allies for action.
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/ 6 December 2008
International frustration with Burma’s military government is growing, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
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/ 25 October 2008
The Security Council will probably authorise deployment of special forces and military hardware to help UN troops better protect civilians in the DRC.
The UN Security Council renewed the mandate for peacekeepers in Darfur on Thursday in a resolution that Washington criticised.
Sudan president Omar Hassan al-Bashir might escape war-crimes charges if he brings to justice two men suspected of mass killings, Western envoys say.
Members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on the final text of a long-delayed resolution that gives countries the right to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, council diplomats said on Monday. A deal on the resolution was struck on Friday, the diplomats said.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a new campaign on World Malaria Day on Friday, calling on the world to ensure that all of Africa has access to basic malaria control measures by the end of 2010. Ban said the African countries hardest hit by malaria have fallen behind in the fight against the disease.
As many as 300 000 people may have died in the five-year conflict in Darfur, a dramatic increase over earlier estimates of 200 000, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday. Sudan’s UN ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, said the figure was grossly exaggerated.
As many as 300Â 000 people may have died in the five-year conflict in Darfur, a dramatic increase over earlier estimates of 200Â 000, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday. Sudan’s UN ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, said the figure was grossly exaggerated.
The international community must overcome its reluctance to get involved in Somalia and help put an end to abuses there, a special United Nations envoy said on Thursday. ”While more people are talking about Somalia, there is still little action to stop the violence,” Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Security Council during a debate on whether to send UN peacekeepers to the East African country.