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UN Security Council to Discuss N. Korea Missile Launches

The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday morning in New York to consider a response to the latest missile launches by North Korea, diplomats said Monday. The discussion — requested by council members Japan and the United States — is slated to begin at 11:30 am local time (1530 GMT). ...

September 5, 2016

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UN Rights Chief Calls for International Probe of Yemen Violence

The UN human rights chief is calling for an international investigation of human rights violations in Yemen’s war, which has killed thousands. Zeid Raad al-Hussein’s call came as his Geneva office on Thursday released a 22-page report chronicling abuses in the war. “Civilians in Yemen have suffered unbearably over the ...

August 26, 2016

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Arms Sales to Saudi ‘Illicit’ due to Civilian Deaths in Yemen: Control Arms Coalition

A group that campaigns for stricter arms sales controls said on Monday that Western powers were breaking international law by selling vast amounts of weapons to Saudi Arabia that are being used to hit civilians in Yemen. The Control Arms Coalition said Britain, France and the United States were flouting ...

August 24, 2016

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Yemen children martyred by a Saudi airstrike

Saudi Arabia Yet to Sway UN over Yemen Coalition Blacklisting

Riyadh has not provided enough proof that it should be permanently removed from the UN blacklist over killing Yemen children, UN diplomatic sources said on Monday. UN officials plan to travel to Riyadh to obtain more details on various issues, such as rules of engagement, one of the sources said. ...

August 2, 2016

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UNICEF Resumes Aid to NE Nigeria after Convoy Attack

UNICEF will continue to provide assistance to millions of conflict-affected children in northeast Nigeria, despite an attack on its convoy by Boko Haram Takfiri militants, the UN children’s agency has said. The Takfiris ambushed a humanitarian convoy that included workers from UNICEF, UNFPA, and IOM while returning from Bama in ...

July 30, 2016

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UN’s Ban Deeply Concerned by Ongoing Arrests in Turkey

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing wave of arrests in Turkey following the attempted coup. Ban told Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a telephone conversation that “credible evidence” must be presented swiftly so that the detainees’ legal status can be determined by a court ...

July 27, 2016

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The UN envoy for Syria StaffanDe Mistura

UN Eyes Late August for New Syria Talks

The UN’s Syria envoy voiced hope Tuesday that peace talks could restart next month, as US Secretary of State John Kerry said there had been “progress” in efforts to salvage an urgently-needed ceasefire. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has struggled to keep the peace process alive amid a surge in ...

July 26, 2016

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UN Syria Envoy to Meet US, Russian Officials Tuesday: UN

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura will hold talks Tuesday with top US and Russian officials in Geneva in a bid to revive flagging peace talks, his office said. US mission spokesman Paul Patin told AFP that the State Department’s special envoy for Syria Michael Ratney will be at the ...

July 25, 2016

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura

De Mistura Hopes Resumption of Syria Peace Talks during Geneva Meeting

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria hopes that a meeting expected to be held in Geneva next week with US and Russian officials will pave the way for a resumption of peace talks between the warring parties, his spokeswoman said Friday. Jessy Chahine, spokeswoman for Staffan de Mistura, declined ...

July 22, 2016

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Portugal’s Guterres Takes Lead in First Vote for UN Chief

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres took the lead in the first straw poll vote on Thursday to pick the next UN secretary-general, diplomats said. Slovenia’s former president Danilo Turk came second in the secret vote by the UN Security Council to choose a successor to Ban Ki-moon.

July 21, 2016