There is "no reason, none" for the escalation of the situation in the Western Sahara after Morocco ordered withdrawal of 84 international staff members on the UN Mission in West Sahara to protest UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's use of the word "occupation" in describing the status of the disputed territory, Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, told reporters here Monday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Thursday that some 2.8 million of the Nepalese affected by a devastating earthquake continue to need vital humanitarian assistance two months after the quake.
More than 6,500 families have been displaced as Islamic State militant group have reached the Iraqi city of Ramadi, deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq said here Monday at a daily news briefing.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon cut short a European visit to return to UN headquarters Thursday to await a preliminary report from chemical weapons investigators who are due to complete work in Syria this weekend, a UN spokesman said here.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned the recent abduction and killing of six civilians in Herat province in western Afghanistan, said Farhan Haq, the UN associate spokesman.
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