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North Korea ‘must calm down’ says UN
North Korea’s vow to restart all its mothballed nuclear facilities is met with dismay by the United Nations, which urges leaders to end “aggressive” threats and begin talks.
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UN votes again to urge Sri Lanka to investigate war deaths
For the second time in two years the United Nations Human Rights Council votes to urge Sri Lanka to carry out credible investigations into killings and disappearances during its bloody civil war.
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Drone warfare: UN to examine civilian deaths
The United Nations launches an inquiry into the extent to which drones, the unmanned military weapon favoured by the United States in its “war on terror”, cause civilian deaths.
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Susan Rice ends US secretary of state bid
Susan Rice, the combative US ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name for consideration as the next secretary of state.
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Palestinian recognition: the key questions
The Palestinian Authority is bidding for “non-member state” recognition by the United Nations. Will it succeed after last year’s failed push for full recognition? And what are the likely consequences?
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UN must learn lessons of Sri Lanka tragedy
The disturbing United Nations report on how it handled the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, goes to the heart of what the UN is for, writes Callum Macrae, director of Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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UN guilty of ‘systematic failure’ in Sri Lanka
An internal United Nations report accuses the organisation of a “systematic failure” in the last months of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
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Four million Syrians will need humanitarian aid by next year
The United Nations warns that the number of people within Syrian needing humanitarian aid will soar from 2.5 million to around 4 million by early next year.
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Syria execution film to be examined after war crime claims
A video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered probably constitutes a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office says.
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Obama warns Iran before UN General Assembly
President Obama raises the stakes in the battle to thwart Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, telling the United Nations that time for diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation is not “unlimited”.
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UN condemns ‘cowardly’ Mogadishu suicide attack
The top United Nations political official for Somalia today condemned two deadly suicide attacks in Mogadishu which left 15 people dead.
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London hosts Syria peace talks
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Secretary William Hague meet in London for talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war.
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UN appearance for Argentina on Falklands anniversary
As the Falkland Islands marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, the president of Argentina goes to the United Nations to press her country’s claim to the islands.
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UN monitors enter alleged massacre site in Syria
United Nations monitors enter the village in Syria where a massacre was reported, hours after the organisation’s chief warns that civil war is an “imminent and real” danger.
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Syria violence continues ahead of UN ceasefire
Amid signs that Syrian attacks on the opposition have intensified in the last 24 hours, the United Nations struggles to implement a peace plan calling for an end to the violence.