Violence has erupted in two Syrian provinces with reports of 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in clashes with rebels.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has urged Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime to protect the 300 ceasefire monitors due in Syria next week.
Kofi Annan’s deputy has told the Security Council that the swift deployment of observers to Syria is needed despite risks and persistent violence.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says a UN mission’s communications from the Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara with UN headquarters have been compromised.
The US has warned Syria it won’t be able to deceive the world about compliance with a cease-fire that is just days away, as the violence continues.
Syrian armed forces killed at least 31 people on Saturday, mostly civilians and all but four of them in an assault on the town of Latamna.
Syria President Bashar al-Assad has promised to try to implement a UN-backed peace plan but demands that opposition groups pledge to end violence.
Dissent mars the United Nations’s celebration of its responsibility to protect — an emerging norm.
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/ 14 February 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the signing of a treaty of non-aggression between Sudan and South Sudan over their disputed border.
Syrian troops have sealed off the population of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs and bombarded it using tanks, helicopters and artillery.
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/ 29 January 2012
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration on Sunday, told African leaders they must respect gay rights.
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon is worried about continuing tensions between North Sudan and South Sudan following an oil crisis.
Libya’s new rulers have said that they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
As hopes of securing the Kyoto Protocol faded at the COP17 climate talks this week, large emerging economies united on alternative solutions.
Ban Ki-moon has called on nations to expedite the launch of a Green Climate Fund, as SA’s Trevor Manuel adds his voice to the call for carbon pricing.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says a deadlock at COP17 place the world in dire peril, amid scientists’ further warnings of increased, runaway climate change.
Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi takes on President Joseph Kabila in the DRC’s November elections, and already there’s blood on the streets.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has praised the developing world for its handling of climate change, saying it should be an "inspiration" to others.
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/ 3 September 2011
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says he has concerns about Australian’s treatment of asylum seekers after its plans to transfer them to Malaysia, were blocked.
Tanks rumbled into Homs a day after security forces killed at least 33 protesters across Syria, adding urgency to a UN mission expected this weekend.
Syrian forces have killed dozens of protesters despite assurances by President Bashar al-Assad to Ban Ki-moon that a crackdown was over.
The UN General Assembly is poised to elect South Korean Ban Ki-moon to a second term as the UN’s secretary general.
African leaders at the UN Aids summit have asked for money to deal with the pandemic and to reach the Millenium Development Goals.
Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that he will stand for a second five-year term as United Nations secretary general.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the international community is quickly growing tired of the political wrangles within Somalia’s government.
With the war on Aids nearing its 30th anniversary, the United Nations on Thursday declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies.
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi said his forces would fight a "decisive battle" on Thursday.
Libya’s army pounded an opposition-held city in the country’s west and battled fighters trying to block its advance on a rebel bastion in the east.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the leaders of Libya and Côte d’Ivoire for waging war on their own people.
The UN’s Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an urgent Security Council meeting on Côte d’Ivoire following reports of illegal arms deliveries.
African leaders said on Monday that Sudan and Somalia had not been forgotten at their annual summit, overshadowed by the crisis in Egypt.
Parts of Abidjan were under a curfew imposed by Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday.