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The US initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Thursday challenged the United Nations and its members to break their silence on two men he charged with war crimes in…
Malnutrition is on the rise in Darfur as a surge in violence prevents aid workers from reaching more people in need, a senior United Nations official said. Eighteen spot surveys…
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Thursday the more than 14Â 000 peacekeepers in Liberia be reduced by about 5Â 000 over the next three years, starting…
The United Nations General Assembly’s first session devoted exclusively to climate change closed with nations worried about the devastating impact of global warming now and on…
The United Nations Security Council authorised on Tuesday up to 26 000 troops and police for Darfur and approved the use of force to protect civilians in Sudan’s arid western…
The United Nations Security Council reached broad agreement on a draft resolution to authorise up to 26Â 000 troops and police for Sudan’s Darfur region, with a vote anticipated…
The United Nations intends to send a team of investigators to Côte d’Ivoire next week to investigate sexual abuse. A contingent of 734 peacekeepers from Morocco has been confined…
The United Nations Security Council is expected to authorise up to 26 000 troops and police for Darfur but implementation will take months providing the world body finds enough…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal court asked the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to put pressure on Sudan because of its refusal to hand over two…
The United Nations and the African Union were close to a deal on Wednesday on fielding 23Â 000 peacekeepers in Sudan’s violent Darfur region, but full deployment is not expected…
Despite pressure for Sudan to accept a force of 23 000 troops and police, a African Union committee has not approved plans sent by the United Nations. Sudan has been sent an copy…
United States senator Joe Biden said that he would commit US forces immediately to stop militia in Sudan’s Darfur region as long as there were reports of genocide. Biden said on…
The United Nations intends to send a mission to Chad next week in an attempt to allay government concerns about a proposed UN peacekeeping operation in Sudan’s western neighbour,…
The United Nations said on Wednesday an independent probe was being conducted into whether UN vehicles were used to smuggle diamonds from a mine in Zimbabwe. In January, the…
Zimbabwe, widely criticised for mismanaging its economy, was elected on Friday as head of the Commission on Sustainable Development, the main United Nations inter-governmental…
Ministers meeting on solutions to cuts in carbon emissions do not trust each other to come up with concrete measures by Friday. ”Many industrialised countries believe that the…
The United Nations General Assembly has unveiled proposals that would send plans to expand the elite UN Security Council back to the drawing board and instead enlarge the elite…
After months of delay, Sudan said it would let 3 000 United Nations peacekeepers into Darfur to reinforce an African Union force struggling to keep the peace, the most…
The United Nations expects Sudan to permit a UN force to use attack helicopters, completing a deal to bolster the 7 000 African Union troops in Darfur, the British ambassador…
