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UN chief pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat
World
July 4, 2012
UN chief pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded on Tuesday for a binding pact to regulate the more than $60 billion global…
Syrian opposition rejects UN transition plan
World
July 1, 2012
Syrian opposition rejects UN transition plan
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition groups on Sunday rejected a UN-brokered peace plan for a political transition in Syria, calling it…
Permanent UN representative: Egypt committed to international agreements
Egypt
June 26, 2012
Permanent UN representative: Egypt committed to international agreements
Moatez Ahmadine Khalil, Egypt’s permanent representative to the United Nations delivered a statement before the UN Security Council on Monday…
Opinion: Rio+20 summit already pegged as a failure
Environment
June 20, 2012
Opinion: Rio+20 summit already pegged as a failure
The delegates of Rio+20 have reached on Tuesday a last-minute agreement on a draft of a final statement, only a…
France wants UN to be able to enforce Annan plan
World
June 14, 2012
France wants UN to be able to enforce Annan plan
France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius…
Syrian army killed children, used them as ‘human shields,’ says UN
Features/Interviews
June 12, 2012
Syrian army killed children, used them as ‘human shields,’ says UN
Syrian troops have tortured children, executed them and used children as young as eight as "human shields" during military raids…
Thousands flee after deadly Ivory Coast attacks
World
June 10, 2012
Thousands flee after deadly Ivory Coast attacks
Thousands of civilians in Ivory Coast have fled their homes after seven UN peacekeepers and eight civilians were killed in…
‘Stench of burnt flesh’ greets UN team at Syria massacre site
World
June 9, 2012
‘Stench of burnt flesh’ greets UN team at Syria massacre site
UN monitors finally reached the site of a massacre of villagers in Syria on their second attempt, to be confronted…
Egyptian FM calls on Syrian opposition to unite
World
June 7, 2012
Egyptian FM calls on Syrian opposition to unite
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Thursday that Syrian opposition groups should reach a unified vision to solve the…
UN monitors shot at trying to reach Syria massacre
World
June 7, 2012
UN monitors shot at trying to reach Syria massacre
Gunmen fired shots at UN monitors trying to get into a Syrian massacre after the reported massacre of dozens of…