Is it still safe to fly on a U.N. helicopter?
On March 9, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter flying under the U.N. flag lost its way in heavy rains and crashed into a densely wooded mountainside in the ...
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Equality Or Bust For Post-2015 Global Development Goals – UN
GENEVA (21 May 2013) – A group United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on ...
UN urges action to end child soldiers in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the ...
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UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace
UNITED NATIONS — The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance ...
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UN Chief Promotes Gender Empowerment in Mozambique
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Government and people of Mozambique for steady progress in political development, but urged greater ...
North Korea's hidden labor camps exposed
A new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC ...
HR Groups – President Thein Sein fails to live up to his reform promises
Burma’s President U Thein Sein arrived in Washington on Saturday and met with United States President Barack Obama today (Thai time) amidst ...
UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
GENEVA — U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to ...
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, Africa
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Number of Syrians In Need Of Aid Rises to Over 8 Million
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Afghan interpreter’s family killed by Taliban near Kandahar
When Sayed Shah Sharifi’s family heard that distant relatives had been killed in a roadside bomb attack, they decided to pay their condolences to the ...
Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall
WASHINGTON — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime.