President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia should adopt a state program which would establish a single cultural space throughout the country.
Approximately 80 percent of the chemical weapons materials have been shipped out of Syria or destroyed, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a regular news briefing held Monday.
The Democratic People' s Republic of Korea on Sunday vowed not to rule out the possibility of conducting a new form of nuclear test if the United States continues its hostile policy towards Pyongyang.
Sydney has been ranked the eighth most livable city in Australia, a national survey of residents' views of their own city released on Monday by the Property Council of Australia show.
A senior UN official on Monday condemned the latest wave of violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), including the killing of a member of the National Transitional Council, and called for those responsible to be brought to account.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly car bombing in northeastern Lebanon, saying "the recent escalation in acts of terrorism and violence in Lebanon is of grave concern."
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the suicide car bombing in an east Lebanese city near the border with Syria, calling it a "terrorist attack."
The State Council, China's cabinet, announced on Thursday it has appointed Wang Chao and Zhang Ming as vice foreign ministers.
The UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that they are " appalled" by the suicide car bombings targeting a popular hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, calling the attacks "acts of terrorism."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70 others.
The UN Security Council on Monday condemned the Sunday shooting on the Israeli-Lebanese border, and called for "calm and continued restraint by all parties" after the incident.
Hong Kong's Chief Secretary Carrie Lam urged the public to forge a consensus on political reform to achieve universal suffrage in 2017 on Wednesday, after launching a five-month public consultation.
The UN General Assembly is to vote on Dec. 6 over whether Jordan should fill a two-year term on the UN Security Council beginning Jan. 1, 2014, the United Nations said on Thursday.
The UN Security Council on Monday extended for another year the mandate for states and regional organizations to fight Somali pirates and stressed the need for a comprehensive approach by the international community to tackle the root causes of the scourge.
China on Tuesday was elected to the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year term.
UN Deputy Secretary Jan Eliasson on Monday expressed support for an African Union (AU) proposal to triple peacekeeping troops in Somalia to 45,000 from the current 17,551.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned a suicide attack on a checkpoint of the UN mission in Mali in which a number of peacekeepers have been killed.
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