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Contradicitng his earlier comments, Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych asked for an intervention in Crimea, says Russia’s UN ambassador.
UN experts say systematic government abuses have allowed weapons and ammunition to get into the hands of clan leaders, warlords and al-Qaeda members.
US ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden’s highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged foreign policy.
The UN Security Council is expected to approve a peacekeeping force for Mali to help restore democracy and stabilise the northern half of the country.
The UN has blamed the Sudanese government and rebels for blocking all humanitarian aid where more than 900 000 people need help.
A new report from UN experts has accused exiled allies of Cote d’Ivoire’s former president of trying to recruit extremist rebels.
The UN’s envoy to the DRC has warned that a rebellion led by an ex-warlord indicted for war crimes threatens to uproot millions of civilians.
Syria’s UN ambassador has refuted a claim by the IAEA that a building destroyed by Israeli warplanes in 2007 could be a nuclear reactor site.
The United Nations Security Council renewed a push for civilian rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s militia-plagued east on Sunday as efforts continue to disarm rebel…
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Sudanese government and all rebel groups to agree to a ceasefire in Darfur, saying deteriorating security is…
The Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to extend the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a year and demanded that all…
The Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to wrap up the United Nations peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone in September next year, praising this year’s peaceful and…
The Security Council has dropped a direct appeal to the Sudanese government to launch quickly a joint United Nations-African Union force to help restore security in…
Britain’s United Nations ambassador on Friday asked for a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, citing the recent attack on the country’s…
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Friday he is encouraged that Sudan’s president will soon agree to a ceasefire in conflict-wracked Darfur, renewed peace…
In response to warnings of a dangerous crisis brewing between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a draft United Nations Security Council resolution demands that they immediately agree to an…
The recent escalation in fighting between warring factions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appears to be abating as a result of the deployment of United Nations…
After a trying year punctuated by calls for his resignation by United States lawmakers, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan says the US and the UN have to find a way to…
France circulated a resolution on Tuesday calling for the emergency deployment of about 1 700 troops to reinforce the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic…
The United States called for a vote on Tuesday on a revised United Nations resolution defining the new Iraqi government’s powers. The measure appeared to have overwhelming…
