A UN report released Thursday called on global companies to take more action to address sustainability issues.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon warned on Tuesday that all parties should not rush to military action before UN investigations results come out, as the U.S. government is launching a lobbying campaign seeking Congressional approval for a strike against Syria.
The samples collected by UN inspectors from the site of the alleged Aug. 21 chemical weapons attacks in Syria were shipped from The Hague, the Netherlands, Monday and will reach their designated laboratories "within hours, " said a UN spokesman.
Japan has retracted its criticism of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's remarks, which it earlier claimed as lacking neutrality and an understanding of Japan's position regarding issues of its militaristic history and current strained ties with its neighbors, its top government spokesperson said Thursday.
The UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) on Thursday urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to take "immediate action" to protect civilians from the country's political crisis which has forced thousands to flee their homes in the capital of Bangui, a UN spokesperson said.
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.
Moscow finds it untimely to talk about potential UN sanctions against Damascus before investigators submit a report on alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said Wednesday.
The government of Syria on Wednesday asked the world body to investigate three alleged chemical attacks carried out by rebels in the Damascus suburbs last week, a Syrian envoy told reporters 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.
UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman appreciated Iran's statement that it is committed to facilitate a political solution to end the Syrian crisis, a UN spokesperson said Tuesday.
A vehicle of the UN Chemical Weapons Investigation Team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in Syria, the UN said on Monday, adding that the team members were safe.
Syria's state media on Monday blamed "armed terrorist groups" for firing at the UN chemical investigation team in the countryside of Damascus.
The UN's Palestine refugee agency on Monday condemned the killing of one of its staff members by Israeli troops in the occupied Palestinian territory, a UN spokesman told reporter here.
Syria's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it had reached an agreement with the UN, allowing the UN chemical investigation team to enter the eastern al-Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons there.
The UN investigation team will start a on-site fact-finding probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria on Monday, said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement through his spokesperson.
A UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been put on stand-by to protect civilians in the eastern province of North Kivu amid renewed conflicts in the region, a spokesperson said here Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said the latest alleged chemical weapons attack happening in the suburbs of Damascus, the capital of Syria, needs to be investigated by the world body "without delay."
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