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Officials recovered 11 more bodies Wednesday, bringing the death toll in Monday's attack on an election caravan to 57 Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election...
The United Nations is in a standoff with Canadian commentator Anne Bayefsky as it pressures her to sign a statement that she broke the rules on the day she spoke in favour of Israel at a UN microphone.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The introduction of free meal programs not only ensures children are fed, but are crucial to keeping the poorest and most vulnerable in school while providing a boost to learning and health,...
New York, Nov 25 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is concerned by the growing tension between the parties to the Western Sahara negotiations, which have increased following the recent detention of several groups of...
AMPATUAN, Philippines — A few miles (kilometers) off the main highway, on a remote hilltop covered with waist-high grass, bodies lay with twisted hands reaching in the air. Nearby, bodies were being laid out under banana leaves...
The Secretary-General has welcomed the publication, Monday, of the provisional list of voters by the Ivoirian Independent Electoral Commission. Presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire have been postponed several times....
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday condemned the hostage killing of more than 40 people in southern Philippines. The secretary-general was "saddened by the brutal killing" and condemned...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is hoping to boost momentum for December's climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in...
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, on Thursday concluded his three-day mission to Sri Lanka, where he met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and other senior government officials.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday welcomed the appointment of the new head and foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU), saying that he "looks forward to working closely" with...
