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The UN will by the end of October offer a package of "options" to resolve territorial disputes in Iraq, including in volatile Kirkuk claimed by both Arabs and Kurds, an official said Wednesday.
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the series of terrorist attacks in Algiers. The secretary general extends his condolences to the people of Algeria and in particular, to the families of the victims, UN ...
Rich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, said the UN climate chief.
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met briefly Wednesday with top leaders from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, but his planned meeting with her did not take place, a party spokesman said.
NICOSIA — A consultant to the United Nations said its peace-keeping force in Lebanon has been effectively paralyzed. An independent monitoring group, registered as a consultant to the UN, said UNIFIL could not act without permission of Hizbullah and the Lebanese government it now controls.
New York - The UN Security Council on Tuesday drew up for the first time a draft resolution to demand full and immediate compliance with the agreed ceasefire in the Caucasus conflict. The draft, written by France which currently holds the European ...
Russia has introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia at the U.N. Security Council. The move follows less than a day after France circulated a revised text on the subject that Moscow said it could not support.
The U.N. Security Council is holding emergency consultations on the conflict between Russia and Georgia. France has been trying to resolve the crisis with a six-point plan for ending hostilities.
Russia is countering a French push for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia by circulating a competing U.N. Security Council resolution.
The United Nations said it would present a list of proposals to resolve the conflict over the oil-rich city and other disputed regions in northern Iraq.
UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--The U.N. Security Council will meet later Tuesday to weigh a new draft resolution calling for respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and the withdrawal of Russian troops, a Western diplomat said.
Yangon - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit Myanmar in December to discuss the country's political stalemate, his special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari disclosed Wednesday. Ban Ki-moon plans to come to Myanmar in the last week of Dec...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to visit Myanmar at the end of this year to hold talks on the country's political problems, the main opposition party said Wednesday.
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari was expected to meet Wednesday with Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sources in her National League for Democracy (NLD) party said.
The United Nations commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing of its office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Tehran - Iran has said that three-day talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which ended Wednesday, were constructive and positive. The Iranian envoy at the United Nations nuclear watchdog IAEA, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, who was present duri...
PARIS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - France pressed the UN Security Council Monday to quickly adopt a resolution on the Georgian crisis, saying it could help stabilise the situation in the Caucasus.
U.N. urges South Korea to contribute emergency food aid for North Korea.
The UN food aid agency said Thursday it has asked South Korea to contribute 60 million dollars to an expanded emergency programme for North Korea, triple its previous contribution.
The U.N. food agency has asked South Korea to provide emergency aid to North Korea to help it avert a food crisis, an official said Thursday.