Noting that Libyan Government troops are disregarding a UN ceasefire order, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned of further action if Muammar Gaddafi dose not halt the violence.

Around 50 demonstrators loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi surrounded UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Cairo's Tahir Square on Monday forcing him to retreat into the adjacent Arab League headquarters, a correspondent reported.

United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has blasted Muammar Gaddafi for ignoring his call to stop a violent crackdown against protesters in Libya, warning that the situation could turn 'very dangerous

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Cambodia and Thailand to make 'an effective arrangement' to end hostilities and 'exercise maximum restraint'.

"The secretary-general is deep

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has threw his "full support" behind the international tribunal investigating the assassination of Rafiq Hariri despite the collapse of the Lebanese government over a probe by the world body into the murder of ex-Premier.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the suicide attack on a church in Egyptian city of Alexandria that killed 21 people and asked authorities to bring perpetrators of the cri

Nepal's peace process is at a crossroads, the head of the United Nations has warned, just two weeks before the planned closure of a UN peace mission in the troubled country.

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said the lack of progress in the peace process that began when Nepal's bloody civil war ended more than four years ago was a "growing concern".

"Nepal's peace process is at a crossroads," Ban said in a report to the UN security council published in New York on Thursday.

"The prolonged political deadlock that has hampered progress has become a growing concern for Nepalis and the international community alike as key timelines and deadlines approach in the coming months."

Islamabad: Pakistan should make all efforts to prevent India from getting a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council so that it does not get the power to block the world body's resolution

Australia's Kevin Rudd will serve with other former national leaders on a United Nations panel on global sustainability, the UN said in a statement on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, a

Israel on Tuesday threatened to pull out of a UN inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship if the panel insists on quizzing its soldiers, days after making a surprise announcement th