UN condemns Nepal right abuses
UN News Service NEW YORK (April 14, 2014) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today voiced grave concern at a bill presented to the Nepalese Parliament which[…]
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Pushes for disaster risk agreement
UN News Service NEW YORK (April 16, 2014) — Disaster risk reduction and climate change are closely linked, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed, reiterating to the world community his key[…]
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UN wants probe on lawyer’s death
NEW YORK (March 18, 2014) — A group of independent United Nations experts today urged Chinese authorities to promptly investigate the circumstances leading to the death of prominent human rights[…]
UN urges Cambodia back to talks
NEW YORK (Jan. 17, 2014) — A United Nations independent human rights expert on Friday urged Government and opposition parties in Cambodia to immediately negotiate an end to the ongoing[…]
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Closing arguments in Khmer Rouge trial
PHNOM PENH (Oct. 1, 2013) — Two of the surviving former leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime charged with mass killings during the 1970’s requested to be acquitted today, as[…]
‘Smuggling season’ in Bay of Bengal
NEW YORK (Nov. 1, 2013) — The United Nations refugee agency is concerned that as the rainy season ends in Myanmar and the annual sailing season reopens, people from the[…]
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UN calls for enhanced partnership with Southeast Asian bloc
NEW YORK (Oct. 10, 2013) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is callin for enhanced partnership between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as the[…]
Sri Lanka heading in ‘authoritarian direction’
NEW YORK (Aug. 31, 2013) — Although the fighting is over, the suffering is not, the United Nations human rights chief today said wrapping up a week-long visit to Sri[…]
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Tension ahead of Maldives elections
NEW YORK (Sept. 4, 2013) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the people of the Maldives to ensure that the presidential elections, set for Saturday, are conducted[…]
International Day against Nuclear Tests
NEW YORK (Aug. 29, 2013) — As the United marked the International Day against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all States that have not yet signed and ratified[…]
