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BAN VOICES CONTINUED UN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed the continued support of the United Nations for the work of the International Criminal Court (...
CYPRUS LEADERS DISCUSS EXECUTIVE OF UNITED COUNTRY AT UN-BACKED TALKS
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders today discussed issues related to the election of the president and vice president of a united republic as they continued United Nations-backed talks on... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internat...
ISRAEL’S APPROVAL OF MORE SETTLEMENTS SPARKS BAN’S DEEP CONCERN
The Israeli Government's recent approval of additional settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory has sparked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's deep concern, with the United Nations... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inte...
BAN OFFERS UN AID TO VICTIMS DURING UNPLANNED VISIT TO MEXICAN FLOOD ZONE
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an unplanned visit on Tuesday to the northern suburbs of Mexico City where he personally consoled victims of the severe flash floods that hit the area and offered... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inter...
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CALM AMID REPORTS OF POST-ELECTION CLASHES IN GABON
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged restraint by all parties to avoid an escalation of tensions in Gabon, where disturbances have been reported in some parts of the country following last... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internati...
MORE MUST BE DONE TO CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN SIERRA LEONE, SAYS BAN
Greater efforts are needed by all Sierra Leoneans to build on the momentum generated by the signing of a key peace pact that led to the cessation of political violence earlier this year,... For the full story, please visit News Rage International No...
THREE NEW JUDGES SWORN IN BEFORE UN’S BALKANS WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
Three new permanent judges were sworn in today before the United Nations war crimes tribunal that was set up to try people accused of committing the worst offences during the Balkan conflicts of the... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inte...
BAN GETS FIRST-HAND VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE’S EFFECTS IN ARCTIC RIM
Walking the Arctic ice rim today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon got a first-hand view of the impact of climate change, with less than 100 days remaining before the start of the United Nations... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internation...
PAKISTAN: UN VOICES CONCERN OVER DESTRUCTION OF HEALTH FACILITIES
With many health centres in north-western Pakistan having been destroyed or looted during recent clashes between Government forces and militants, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO)... For the full story, please visit News Rage Intern...
UN AGENCIES DISCUSS EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS WITH PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES
United Nations officials have wrapped up a mission to Swat district in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to discuss the strengthening of humanitarian assistance to those uprooted by... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internat...
SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDS HOLDING OF ‘HISTORIC’ AFGHAN ELECTIONS
The United Nations Security Council has welcomed the holding of Afghanistan's "historic" presidential and provincial council elections, while condemning the actions of those who sought to disrupt the... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
YEMEN : UN RELEASES EMERGENCY FUNDS TO HELP PEOPLE TRAPPED BY FIGHTING
The United Nations has released over $200,000 in emergency funding to meet health needs in northern Yemen , the scene of deadly fighting between Government troops and rebels.The World Health... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internationa...
UN AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA PARTNER TO BOOST ‘GREEN’ GROWTH
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has joined forces with the Republic of Korea (ROK) to support the East Asian nation's quest for a sustainable 'green' economic future in the midst of a... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONCERN AT CIVILIAN IMPACT OF FIGHTING IN NORTHERN YEMEN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expressing concern about escalating hostilities in the mountains of northern Yemen, where civilians are reported to be trapped in the middle of deadly fighting... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internatio...
BAN CALLS ON ALL AFGHANS TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN TOMORROW’S ELECTIONS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all eligible Afghan men and women to cast their ballots in tomorrow's presidential and provincial elections, saying their votes will play a crucial role in... For the full story, please visit News Rage Interna...
BAN DEPLORES DEADLY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN AFGHAN CAPITAL
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Saturday morning's suicide car bombing in central Kabul that has reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, days ahead... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inte...
‘LIMITED PROGRESS’ MADE AT LATEST ROUND CLIMATE TALKS, SAYS TOP UN OFFICIAL
Only "limited progress" has been made at the most recent United Nations climate change talks – which are expected to culminate later this year in Copenhagen with a new pact on slashing greenhouse gas... For the full story, please visit News Rage I...
DPR KOREA’S RELEASE OF DETAINED FOREIGN WORKER ‘POSITIVE’ MOVE – BAN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of a national of the Republic of Korea who had been detained by the authorities of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) since 30... For the full story, please visit News Rage Interna...
GENEVA TREATIES ON CONDUCT IN WAR AS RELEVANT AS EVER ON 60TH ANNIVERSARY – BAN
Reaffirming the lasting significance of the Geneva Conventions on the 60th anniversary of their adoption, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all countries to enforce the provisions... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internation...
UNITED STATES VOWS SUPPORT FOR UN EFFORTS AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN DR CONGO
The United States stands alongside the United Nations ready to face down the use of rape as a weapon of war in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inte...
DEPLORING MYANMAR VERDICT, BAN URGES IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the decision by a Myanmar court to sentence pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months of house... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internati...
BAN WELCOMES AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE POLITICAL CRISIS IN MADAGASCAR
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached in Madagascar and urged all sides to work together to ensure that a new government of national unity is quickly... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internatio...
BAN URGES LEADERS TO CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN AFRICA’S GREAT LAKES REGION
While tensions in Africa's Great Lakes region have eased in the past year, there are still serious issues to be dealt with, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on leaders there to move... For the full story, please visit News Rage Inte...
LATEST ROUND OF UN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS KICK OFF
With 118 days left until the start of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, where nations are aiming to conclude a new pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the latest round of... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
TOP UN ENVOY CONDEMNS 'ABHORRENT' BOMBINGS IN BAGHDAD AND MOSUL
A top United Nations official has strongly condemned the recent bombings that targeted worshipers in two of Iraq's major cities, leaving dozens of innocent civilians dead or injured.At least 36... For the full story, please visit News Rage Internati...
LOW HEALTH STANDARDS IMPEDING RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS -- BAN
The low standards of health among indigenous communities is perpetuating the gap in many countries between the recognition of their rights and the actual situation on the ground, Secretary-General... For the full story, please visit News Rage Intern...
BAN WELCOMES SUMMIT BETWEEN LEADERS OF DR CONGO AND RWANDA
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed yesterday's summit between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the first official bilateral meeting since the neighbouring... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
DREAM OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD CAN BE REALIZED, SAYS BAN
Despite the continued presence of thousands of nuclear weapons in global arsenals, it is possible to achieve the goal of ridding the world of this deadly scourge, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
BAN CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO USE OF RAPE AS WEAPON IN AFRICAN WARS
Warning that rape is being used as a weapon of war with the same efficient brutality as a gun or a grenade, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Security Council to set up an independent... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY TIME TO RENEW COMMITMENT TO DISARM – TOP UN OFFICIALS
The 64th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima serves not only as a reminder of the destruction wrought by nuclear weapons but as a time to renew the global... For the full story, please visit News Rage Int...
