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27 Oct 2016

Russia denies role in bloody strike on Syria school

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded an immediate probe into Wednesday`s attack on the school in rebel-held Idlib province that he said "may amount to a war crime".

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

18 Jul 2016

Australia's former PM Rudd throws hat in ring for top UN job

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has officially requested the support of his country`s new government to back a bid for the top job at the United Nations, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.

15 Jul 2016

Morocco allows 25 UN staffers to return to Western Sahara

Five UN staffers have returned to the UN mission in disputed Western Sahara.

25 Jun 2016

UN can't verify incendiary bombs in Syria, concerned by reports

Russia deployed warplanes to Syria last year to support President Bashar al-Assad against rebels seeking to end his rule.

09 Jun 2016

UN's Ban slams Saudis for pressure over child rights blacklist

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rebuked Saudi Arabia and its allies for resorting to "undue pressure" to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of child rights violators.

18 Feb 2016

At least seven dead, 40 injured in South Sudan UN base attack: Ban

An outbreak of fighting at a UN peacekeeping base sheltering civilians in South Sudan has killed at least seven people and injured 40, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.

famine-struck Madaya

14 Jan 2016

UN chief warns Syria starvation sieges are a war crime

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today that the use of starvation as a weapon in Syria was a war crime after aid workers were able to deliver food to residents in famine-struck Madaya.

03 Dec 2015

Member states 'very closely coordinating' to launch Syria talks in New York: UN chief

Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, told Xinhua that "that is his expectation. It is not an official announcement. You have to ask the US. We cannot officially confirm it, just yet".

20 Nov 2015

UN chief condemns 'horrific terrorist attack' in Mali

Gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of the West African nation of Mali, taking more than 100 hostages.

17 Nov 2015

North Korean diplomat: UN chief should improve relations

North Korean diplomat said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should help improve relations between the two Koreas.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

04 Oct 2015

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appeals for calm in Jerusalem, West Bank

Ban strongly condemned the violence that left two Israeli men dead in the Old City, triggering clashes overnight that left scores injured.

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