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United Nations fails to agree landmark arms-trade treaty
Delegations from around the world failed on Friday to agree a landmark U.N. arms-trade treaty to regulate the more than $60 billion industry, opting for further talks and a possible U.N. General Assembly vote by the end of the year, diplomats said.
UN chief Ban calls for end of death penalty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called for the death penalty to be abolished. Ban told a panel on the issue convened on Wednesday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "The taking of life
UN designates Western Ghats as world heritage site
India's 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations.
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Pyongyang paraded fake missiles and smuggled Mercedes: UN
North Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, UN sanctions experts said in a report.
And the allegedly mock-up missiles are not the only par
U.N. isn’t ready to back military intervention in Mali
The U.N. Security Council is not ready to agree to an African Union request for endorsement of military intervention in Mali, where rebels and Islamist militants have seized control of much of the country, council diplomats said on Friday.
Syrian army uses children as 'human shields': UN
Syrian troops have tortured children, executed them and used children as young as eight as ‘human shields’ during military raids against rebels, according to a UN report released on Tuesday.
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Monitors smell 'burnt flesh' in Syria massacre village: UN
UN observers who went to the Syria massacre village of Al-Kubeir saw blood on the walls and were hit by a 'stench of burnt flesh' but could not confirm how many died, a spokesman said on Friday.
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UN says Syria civil war 'imminent', West urges sanctions
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned the Security Council on Thursday that a full-blown civil war in Syria was 'imminent,' while international mediator Kofi Annan said it was time to step up the
UN monitors shot at trying to get to Syria massacre: Ban
UN monitors trying to get to the scene of a new massacre in Syria were shot at, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday, calling the latest atrocity 'shocking and sickening'.
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UN leads calls for urgent world action on Syria
The United Nations led calls on Saturday for urgent international action on Syria after reports of a horrific massacre by regime forces that left 92 people dead, more than a third of them children.
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