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2017: THE YEAR EVEN THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER GAVE UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS


High commissioner for human rights has taken on some of the most powerful countries in the world... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 1984

UN CHIEF ASKS AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO ALLOW RETURN OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES


Over 6,00,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from predominantly Buddhist Myanmar's Rakhine state since late August after large-scale violence... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 362

PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED UN BOSS 'MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AIRCRAFT ATTACK'


Among Othman's new findings are In February 1961, the French secretly supplied three Fouga warplanes to the Katanga rebels, against the objections of the US government ... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 4965

Trending News Headlines : Secretary-general Of The United Nations

SECURITY COUNCIL BACKS ANTA?NIO GUTERRES TO BE NEXT U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL


The Security Council announced that Mr. Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and former chief of the United Nations refugee agency, had strong support... READ MORE

6th October, 2016 15366

PORTUGAL'S ANTONIO GUTERRES SET TO BE UN SECRETARY GENERAL


Mr Guterres, who led the UN refugee agency for 10 years, will take over from Ban Ki-moon early next year... READ MORE

5th October, 2016 15245

UN CHIEF URGES RESTRAINT BY MYANMAR FORCES IN RAKHINE


Antonio Guterres 'deeply concerned' by reports of security crackdown which killed hundreds of Rohingya Muslims... READ MORE

1st September, 2017 9366

LEONARDO DICAPRIO: CLIMATE FIGHT IS US HISTORY'S 'BIGGEST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY'


Without Ban's persistence, the world would never have made so much progress on climate change, culminating in the Paris agreement sealed in December 2015, DiCaprio said... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 5652

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION 'UNSTOPPABLE' DESPITE TRUMP


I am sure he will make a quick, wise decision, Ban said, saying that climate change was having severe impacts from the Arctic to Antarctica... READ MORE

15th November, 2016 4894

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION TO STOP BOMBING OF ALEPPO


At the present rate of bombardment of eastern Aleppo, De Mistura said the city would be totally destroyed by December... READ MORE

9th October, 2016 4826

'THREATENING IRAN IS USELESS': SUPREME LEADER'S ADVISER RESPONDS TO AMERICA'S 'NOTICE'


In an interview on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Moscow also considered Iran's missile tests to be in line with the JCPOA... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 4254

'WORST YEAR FOR SYRIAN CIVILIANS AS UN RESOLUTIONS FAILS'


The bitter reality is that the Security Council has failed to implement its resolutions, said Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council... READ MORE

11th March, 2015 3321

EARTH HOUR: MILLIONS WILL SWITCH OFF LIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD FOR CLIMATE ACTION


It's time for everyone to recognise that climate change will touch just about everything we do and everything we care about... READ MORE

28th March, 2015 3269

ANTONIO GUTERRES TAKES STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING UN SECRETARY GENERAL


Former Portuguese prime minister strengthens clear lead with series of victories in security council straw poll... READ MORE

26th September, 2016 2548

UN CHIEF DECRIES DISCRIMINATORY BORDER BANS IN REBUKE TO TRUMP TRAVEL DECREE


Secretary general Antonio Guterres says ban based on religion or ethnicity violates basic values and risks fueling terrorist propaganda... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 1273

CLIMATE CHANGE : THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARIS ACCORD FOR AFRICA


Climate change secretariat will lose from Washington to ensure there is no disruption in their work, he said... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 1272

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS


We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE

7th September, 2015 1176

US 'HOLDS RUSSIA RESPONSIBLE' FOR DEADLY AID ATTACK


The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 1019

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA


To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 979

SYRIAN CONFLICT TOPS UN CHIEF'S LIST OF FINAL APPEALS


The secretary-general also angrily denounced those responsible for an attack on an aid convoy delivering relief supplies to Syrian civilians near Aleppo on Monday... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 880

RUSSIA BLOCKS UNITED NATIONS TRIBUTE TO BAN KI-MOON FOR PROMOTING LGBT RIGHTS


The 15-member council met to pay tribute to Ban, who will step down later this month... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 761

UN CHIEF SAYS WORLDS FAILURE TO ACT ON SUFFERING IS A DISGRACE


In the face of blatant inhumanity, the world has responded with disturbing paralysis, Mr. Ban said in a statement... READ MORE

31st October, 2015 553

QUITTING PARIS CLIMATE DEAL WOULD THREATEN US SECURITY, UN CHIEF WARNS


Guterres issued the warning after calling on world leaders to adhere to the agreement in his first major speech on climate change as secretary general... READ MORE

31st May, 2017 539

RUDD CAUGHT IN CLINTON EMAIL HACK


The emails do not detail what Mr Rudd wanted to discuss with Mr Podesta... READ MORE

25th October, 2016 458

AID TRUCKS LOOTED AS UN CHIEF ASSESSES HURRICANE DAMAGE


Ban Ki-moon said he witnessed a looting incident in Les Cayes, where he promised more aid to Haiti... READ MORE

16th October, 2016 449

UN UNDER FIRE FOR PICKING WONDER WOMAN TO LEAD CAMPAIGN


UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric hit back at the criticism, saying the choice of Wonder Woman was simply an attempt to reach younger audiences... READ MORE

18th October, 2016 410

CROATIA SEALS BORDER CROSSINGS WITH SERBIA


The migrants, who Slovenia said did not have the correct papers, will be sent back to the Zagreb, the Croatian capital, a border police spokesman said... READ MORE

18th September, 2015 396

PETER GRESTE CALLS ON WORLD TO STEP UP PRESSURE ON EGYPT OVER SENTENCE


Australian journalist Peter Greste has called on the Egyptian President to quot undo the injustice quot meted out to him and two al-Jazeera colleagues... READ MORE

30th August, 2015 351

'FROM AN EARLY AGE I WANTED TO SAVE THE WORLD'


London As Irina Bokova steps up beside Emma Watson at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, she knows that this is her moment... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 346

INTRIGUE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO SELECT THE NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS


Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's term expires at the end of the year, and no clear consensus has emerged on his successor... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 340

TRUMP NOTIFIES UN OF PARIS EXIT WHILE KEEPING OPTION TO RETURN


The Secretary General welcomes any effort to reengage in the Paris agreement by the United States, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres... READ MORE

5th August, 2017 272

UN RESOLUTION SEEKS TO CURB ISLAMIC STATE FUNDING


Finance ministers from the 15 nations on the UN Security Council are expected to adopt a resolution aimed at starving the so-called Islamic State of funds... READ MORE

17th December, 2015 252

US STATE DEPARTMENT APPEALS TO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR HELP IN COUNTERING TERRORISM


The US State Department appealed to Twitter earlier this week for help in solving the somewhat complex issue of countering violent extremism... READ MORE

21st February, 2015 225

MYANMAR SAYS CHINA ENDORSES CRACKDOWN OF ROHINGYA WHICH U.N. SEES AS "ETHNIC CLEANSING"


REUTERS Mohammad Ponir Hossain China endorses Myanmar's offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, Myanmar state media said on Thursday, as the U.N... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 203


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