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UN ends observer mission in Syria, to set up liaison office
Amid escalating violence in Syria, UN has decided to end its observer mission in the strife-torn country after failed international attempts to broker a cease-fire between the forces of Bashar al-Assa
Lakhdar Brahimi to be new UN envoy to Syria: Diplomats
Former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi is to be named as the new United Nations and Arab League peace envoy to Syria in place of Kofi Annan, diplomats said Thursday.
An official announcemen
UN says Syrian opposition has 'tanks' in Aleppo
Syrian opposition fighters in the besieged city of Aleppo have 'tanks' and 'heavy weapons', the UN spokesman said on Wednesday.
International pressure must be put on the Syrian opposition, as well a
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.
India hopes for arms treaty consensus
As hard-nosed negotiations to hammer out a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by UN members are conducted in New York, India is hoping that the treaty, which aims to regulate the conventional weapons mark
34.2 mln people globally living with HIV: UN report
Around 2.5 million people became newly infected with HIV last year, taking the total to 34.2 million people globally living with the deadly virus, a new United Nations report has said.
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UN vehicle fired upon in Pakistan; two injured
Two persons, including a Ghanaian national, were injured when unidentified gunmen fired at a UN vehicle near a polio vaccination camp in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Tuesday, officia
Calls for tough UN action after Syria killings
Peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday Syria had 'flouted' Security Council resolutions with mass killings in Treimsa village, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded that the Council act to stop the bloodshed.
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
World powers agree on Syria transition plan: Kofi Annan
World powers agreed on Saturday on a power transition plan for strife-hit Syria, with the unity government to include members of the present government as well as opposition, international envoy Kofi
