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Syria

Ceasefire 'urgently needed' in Aleppo - UN

The UN says two million residents have been left without access to running water or electricity after attacks hit civilian infrastructure last week.

09/08/2016

Portugal

Portugal's Antonio Guterres 'still in the lead' in UN top spot ballot

A second secret UN Security Council ballot suggests former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres remains the front-runner to become the United Nations’ next…

06/08/2016

South Sudan

'Tense calm' in South Sudan, 36,000 displaced following heavy fighting - UN

Days of heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, have been followed by relative calm after the warring president and vice president ordered their forces to cease…

12/07/2016

Cult

Geneva concert celebrates music and cultures of Mediterranean

Fifteen international artists from 12 Mediterranean countries have come together to perform at the UN’s offices in Geneva, for the first ever “Mediterranean…

12/07/2016

South Sudan

Gunbattles resume in South Sudan's capital

Gunbattles in South Sudan’s capital Juba erupted for a fourth day between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and soldiers who support the vice president Riek Machar around a military…

10/07/2016

World News

UN denounces disruption of Internet access as human rights violation

The United Nations has passed a non-binding resolution condemning the disruption of Internet access as a human rights violation.

05/07/2016

World News

Italy elected to UN Security Council in 2017 after Dutch deal

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Italy to fill next year’s final seat on the Security Council.

01/07/2016

World News

More drug addicts, but number of users remains stable - UN report

Around one in 20 adults have used at least one drug in 2014, according to the 2016 World Drug Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

23/06/2016

Spain

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement win Asturias Award

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement have won the International Cooperation division of the 2016 Princess of Asturias Awards.

22/06/2016

India

Watch: International Yoga Day celebrated around the world

Yoga fans across the world have gathered to mark the second International Yoga Day.

21/06/2016

World News

One in every 113 people in world is displaced or a refugee - UN

A record 65.

20/06/2016

World

Interview with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

This week on the Global Conversation, Isabelle Kumar speaks with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the state of world affairs and his last six months in office.

18/06/2016

Syria

ISIL committing genocide against Yazidis - UN

The so-called Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) is committing ‘genocide’ against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, according to UN investigators.

16/06/2016

Europe News

Ban Ki-moon urges global unity at 10th annual EU Development Days

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brussels to debate international development policy as part of the 10th annual EU Development Days.

15/06/2016

France

Syria: Damascus suburb Daraya bombed after aid delivery

Barrel bombs have reportedly hit Daraya in Syria after desperately needed food aid reached the besieged town for the first time in four…

10/06/2016

Syria

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

The United Nations is finalising plans to airlift humanitarian aid to 19 besieged towns in Syria but Russia has expressed concern about the safety of aid workers, according to a senior UN…

02/06/2016

Turkey

Controversial World Humanitarian Summit opens

Despite criticism from some NGO’s that it is simply ‘a fig-leaf of good intentions’ the first World Humanitarian Summit has opened in…

23/05/2016

Turkey

Humanitarian Summit seeks solutions in Istanbul

The World Humanitarian Summit, the first of its kind,is taking place in Istanbul.

23/05/2016

Iraq

A Yazidi girl's harrowing tale of escape from ISIL captivity

Lamiya Aji Bashar, an Iraqi Yazidi, tells a tortuous tale of her escape from ISIL captivity.

18/05/2016

Economy

Where's the money? UN tax haven report details billions moving around the world

Companies put the equivalent of 191 billion euros into low tax countries - mostly Luxembourg and the Netherlands - last year according to a new United Nations report.

03/05/2016