Arab delegation calls for Security Council meeting on Israel
The Egyptian delegate says the Arab bloc at the United Nations will take action if Israel continues to violate rights of Muslims and Christians
Read More →Ban Ki-Moon addresses Egypt, Syria and climate change
The UN secretary general highlighted the importance of giving meaningful aid to countries in transition
Read More →UN leader presses Mali government to hold free elections
Ban and western countries have raised concerns about interference in the government by the Mali military,
Read More →UN chief urges ‘strong commitment’ at climate talks
“Please remember that we are loaning our future from our next generation”
Read More →UN secretary general in Cairo for talks on Gaza
Will travel to Ramallah and Israel
Read More →Yemen’s Hadi committed to transition deal
The transition deal was signed after months of anti-government protests and deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Saleh troops
Read More →Iranian President dismisses Israeli threat after meeting with Ban Ki-Moon
Iranian leaders speak out on war with Israel ahead of UN General Assembly meeting
Read More →The power to end poverty
By Ban Ki-moon NEW YORK: Growing up as a child during the Korean War, I knew poverty first hand. I saw it around me every day; I lived it. One of my earliest memories is walking read the rest…
Read More →A global agenda for seven billion
By Ban Ki-moon NEW YORK: Late next month, a child will be born — the 7th billion citizen of planet Earth. We will never know the circumstances into which he or she was born. We do read the rest…
Read More →Dysfunctional disarmament
By Ban Ki-moon GENEVA: As the United Nations Conference on Disarmament begins a seven-week session in Geneva, its future is on the line. Whereas countries and civil-society initiatives are on the move, the Conference has read the rest…
Read More →Haiti’s moment
NEW YORK: Fortune has not been kind to Haiti. The pain and suffering arising from last year’s earthquake was already enormous, and has since been compounded by Hurricane Tomas and an outbreak of cholera. read the rest…
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