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UN warns of missing Ebola response target in parts of West Africa

​The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of missing Ebola response targets in some areas of West Africa amid two new confirmed cases in Mali.

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Hostilities, human rights violations continue in eastern Ukraine: OHCHR

​Hostilities and related human rights violations and abuses continued in eastern Ukraine despite the announcement of the Sept. 5 ceasefire, said a latest report released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday.

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Ensuring women's access to safe toilets is "moral" imperative: UN chief

With one out of three women worldwide lacking access to safe toilets, it is a moral imperative to end open defecation to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because they lack a sanitation facility, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

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Hamas slams Israel for banning UN inquiry from probing war in Gaza

Islamic Hamas movement on Monday slammed Israel for not allowing the UN inquiry committee from arriving in Gaza to probe the results of the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

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UN slams deadly bomb attack on school in northeastern Nigeria

​UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday condemned a deadly bomb attack on a school in northeastern Nigeria, which left dozens of students dead and many others injured, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

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Four peacekeepers wounded in ambush in CAR: UN spokesman

​A police patrol of the UN mission in Central African Republic (CAR) was ambushed by anti- Balaka elements, injuring four peacekeepers, a UN spokesperson said here on Wednesday.

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More than 7,300 Syrians fled Kobane to Iraq since late September: UN

The arrival of nearly 1,500 refugees from Kobane in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Tuesday brought the total number of people to flee the northern Syrian town to Iraq to 7,318 since late September, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday.

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Top UN official urges swift, unified actions in fight against Ebola

​A top UN official on Tuesday said that "we cannot let Ebola win," urging more swift and unified actions as "time is our biggest enemy" in the fight to prevent the spread of Ebola virus, which has already claimed more than 4,000 lives since early this year.

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"Africa Week" kicks off with top UN officials calling for integrated, peaceful continent

​Top UN officials said much remains to be done to ensure an integrated and peaceful Africa, where many African countries and communities have made great progress in peace and security, human rights, good governance and the rule of law, as a series of high-level panel discussions and events, informally known as "Africa Week," kicked off at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.

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UN General Assembly takes up UN chief's annual report on work of world body

​The UN General Assembly on Tuesday discussed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report on the work of the world body, which covers a range of issues and calls for renewed efforts to address peace and security challenges and to encourage development aspirations.

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Top UN official sees worse humanitarian situation in Iraq as "crisis of spirit"

​A top UN relief official in Iraq on Tuesday told reporters here that the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq is more than a crisis of food and shelter, it is a "crisis of spirit" that requires urgent action from the international community.

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UN budget committee approves funding for Ebola response mission

The UN committee on administrative and budgetary issues on Tuesday adopted a resolution allocating funding of 49.9 million U.S. dollars for the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).

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UN Security Council slams deadly attacks on blue helmets in Mali

​The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the targeted attack against an United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Kidal, Mali, earlier in the day, in which one Senegalese peacekeeper was killed.

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Ebola cases top 7,000 in West Africa: UN

​The UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported that more than 7,000 people have been diagnosed with infection of the Ebola virus in West Africa, a UN spokesperson said here Thursday.

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U.S. cannot be world savior in face of global terrorism

What we can conclude from most of the Hollywood movies is that the Americans have always wanted to play the role of the great savior of the world. However, they often seem to forget that such a mindset does not hold water in real life.

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Head of new UN Ebola response mission arrives in Ghana

​The head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) on Monday arrived in Accra, capital of Ghana, for the official opening of the mission's headquarters there, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Monday.

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UN chief, Argentine president meet on debt issue

​UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on the country's debt and its implications for sovereign debt restructuring efforts.