South Korea on Thursday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for May.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday urged candidates in the Asian country's presidential elections and their supporters to respect the two national electoral institutions as vote counting continues, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
South Korea on Monday took a more cautious stance on resuming the long-suspended inter-Korean tourism project at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 's Mount Kumgang, citing resolutions adopted at the UN Security Council.
The New Zealand government said Tuesday it was committed to supporting neighboring Samoa as the Pacific island nation prepares to host the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) conference later this year.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, deeming the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) a " calamity", on Thursday called for a beefed up of "unified command" of African Union (AU), French and UN forces to halt deadly sectarian violence in the African country.
Top UN envoy for the Middle East voiced deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, a UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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 relief chief Valerie Amos expressed her disappointment on Saturday over an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Syria's besieged old Homs city.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday appealed for the observance of the Olympic Truce, calling on everyone engaged in armed hostilities to lay down their weapons and cease hostilities.
China, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine at a UN Security Council open debate on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday is sending invitations for the Geneva II conference, calling it "a unique opportunity for ending the violence" in Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that he was "appalled" by the ongoing inter-communal conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling on the authorities to "rein in those fomenting and perpetrating the violence."
The UN spokesperson's office said on Thursday that aid organizations need a financing of 166 million U.S. dollars now to save lives amid continuing violence in South Sudan.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said Thursday at a UN memorial that the former South African President Nelson Mandela bestowed "the heritage of hope" to everyone.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said Thursday that he was "deeply concerned about continued reports of growing violence in many parts of South Sudan, human rights abuses and killings fueled by ethnic tensions."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly attack in Mali, which killed two Senegalese peacekeepers and injured at least seven others and four Malian troops.
The joint team of the United Nations-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Thursday it "concludes that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic."
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