Sri Lanka on Tuesday accused the UN rights chief of "unwarranted interference" by calling for an international probe into allegations that government forces killed thousands of civilians at the climax of a Tamil civil war.
UN Secretary-General urged calm Saturday in Libya amid fears of clashes between pro-government militias and forces backing a rogue general bent on ridding the country of violent extremists.
AUCKLAND, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers Tuesday "there is no military solution" to the Ukraine crisis, as NATO prepares to upgrade its combat readiness in eastern Europe.
After the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, Workers Party of North Korea proclaimed his son, Kim Jong-Un as the "Great Successor" and new leader of the country. Very little is known of this young man and even his birth is shrouded in mystery. It seems as most of the "facts" of his life are rumors so only time will show where if he will lead his country.
UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres visits Iran on Monday for talks with officials on the plight of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, the UNHCR said in a statement.
Tehran, YJC. -- In a statement attributable to the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon condemns the killing of an Iranian border guard.
MOSCOW, Jan 27, 2015 (AFP) - The UN said Monday that a rocket attack that killed 30 people in a city in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, as Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned Western calls to rein in a pro-Moscow insurgency.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 4 April 2014, called for a planet free from mines.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday the United Nations had abruptly withdrawn Tehran's invitation to highly anticipated peace talks on Syria "under pressure".
Former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic lashed out at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Tuesday, calling it "satanic", as he was forced to testify in the trial of political counterpart Radovan Karadzic.
Consulttions with the participation of experts from the Russian Federation, the United States, and Syria on the question of eliminating 12 facilities involved in the chemical production programme of the Syrian Arab Republic (S.A.R.) will be held at the beginning of February in the Hague where the headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are located, a source at the UN told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
\Tehran, YJC. Lawmaker says the legislative body confirms the news that Iran's FM has not welcomed a missile crew from N Korea and they refused them at the behest of of the US ambassador in UN.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have both strongly condemned the terrorist attacks near the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Tuesday which killed at least 23 civilians and injured over 100 others.