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30 Dec 2015, 8:28 am
A top UN official on Tuesday called on Burundi to form a "nationally-led and owned effort" to find a solution to the violence the country has faced. [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 9:42 am
The UN expert on human rights in North Korea, Tomas Ojea Quintana [official profile] called [video] Monday for a inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] into the death of the estranged brother of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un [BBC profile]. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 9:10 am
The statement was made to mark Thursday's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation [UN... [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 9:00 am
[JURIST] The UN special envoy to Yemen warned the UN Security Council during an emergency meeting Sunday that the situation in Yemen is teetering on the brink of civil war. [read post]
24 May 2015, 2:25 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Saturday expressed [UN report] disappointment in the inability of Member States to reach an agreement on a nuclear non-proliferation treaty, according to a UN spokesperson. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 7:54 am
[JURIST] The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Monday briefed [official statement] the UN Security Council [official website] on the quickly deteriorating situation in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 4:05 am
As a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ramcharan has previously accused the Sudanese government of [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 9:43 am
UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng [official profile] said [UN News Centre report] Monday that violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 8:58 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Monday sent a report [text, in PDF] to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) [official website] accusing Sri Lankan troops of killing tens of thousands of civilians during clashes with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news archive] in 2009. [read post]
1 Oct 2016, 1:39 pm
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) [official website] has warned [BBC News report] militant groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) to leave the schools they are currently occupying or face forceful eviction by UN troops. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 2:48 am
UN assistant secretary-general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen presented a proposal [UN News Centre report] to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An [official profile], but no agreement has [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] on Monday made a statement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, expressing regret [press release] for the UN's silence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder] that resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people. [read post]
24 Jun 2005, 3:01 pm
[JURIST] Chief of Staff to UN-Secretary General Kofi Annan Mark Malloch Brown [official profile] told AP Friday that the UN will ask France to pursue a former UN employee accused in the murders of 32 Rwandans during the genocide of 1994, after pressure on Rwandan authorities has yielded little success. [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 1:39 pm
UN Independent Expert on... [read post]
18 Sep 2006, 3:29 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official website] told delegates at the opening of the second session [UN materials] of the UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday that the Council should pay more attention to the Darfur crisis [JURIST news archive] and not focus exclusively on the situation in Lebanon [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 11:48 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Committee [official website] expressed concern [UN News Centre report] Friday over the protection of individuals' rights in Iran. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 6:42 am
The message, released as part of the UN's World Day of Social Justice [UN report] set for February 20, 2015, calls for a worldwide effort to "not leave behind those who are socially and economically exploited. [read post]
26 Jul 2005, 1:35 pm
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] Tuesday unanimously adopted a resoluton to closely scrutinize and keep track of all countries and rebel organizations that abuse children in any way or recruit children as soldiers [UN press release]. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 11:26 am
Two independent human rights experts called upon [press release] the UN Friday to put into motion a plan [text, PDF] to redress damages suffered by internationally displaced persons who were exposed to lead poisoning at camps settled by the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) [website] in 1998 and 1999. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 11:06 am
High Commissioner Navi Pillay [official profile] is now scheduled to address the UN General Assembly [UN News Centre report] on Monday regarding the latest humanitarian developments in Syria, where the ongoing... [read post]
