UN Emergency relief chief Stephen O'Brien said Thursday that there are some emerging reasons to hope in Syria as far as emergency relief is concerned.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson will travel to Nairobi, Kenya, to participate in the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) later this week, a UN spokesman said here Monday.
UN officials in Vietnam have warned that "severe drought and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta is affecting" 39 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Monday.
A new allegation of sexual exploitation in the Central African Republic (CAR) was received Tuesday by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the African country, reportedly committed by one of its civilian staff on Sept. 12, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
UN electoral observers in Burundi said last week's presidential election in which President Pierre Nkurunziza won a disputed third term was relatively peaceful, but "the overall environment was not conducive for an inclusive, free and credible election process," said a UN spokesman at Monday's daily briefing.
The UN under-secretary- general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos on Monday urged the world to "remember the suffering of the Syrian people and act," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here.
More than 455,000 people have been displaced since the start of Pakistan's military offensive against Taliban militants in the north of the country over a week ago and the number continues to rise, a UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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