Envoy in Iraq cites ‘grave’ situation, with at least 900 civilians dead and more than 1 million displaced
In briefing before UN Security Council Tuesday, official says situation in eastern Ukraine 'rapidly deteriorating'
Deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles could enable organization’ mission in African country to better detect threats, protect civilians
Fatou Bensouda says that grave crimes still continue unabated because perpetrators think they are safe from arrest and prosecution
Sam Kutesa recently garnered international attention for defending Ugandan government’s harsh anti-homosexuality law
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos tells Security Council 50,000 children under age of five could die from severe malnutrition if funding is not received quickly
Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says violations of most basic principles of international humanitarian and human rights law continue
Draft text was met with skepticism from several Security Council members
Nearly all 15 Council members welcome President-elect Petro Poroshenko’s election victory
Peacekeeping mission shifts away from nation building as more than 1.3 million have been displaced
After third major incident blamed on radical group this week, UN Security Council imposes sanctions, including asset freezes, travel bans and an arms embargo
Measure condemned Syrian authorities’ ‘widespread violations of human rights’
UN secretary-general says he has accepted Lakdar Brahimi's resignation, effective May 31
Ban Ki-moon says President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar must work together
Report alleges extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, rape, arbitrary arrests and targeted attacks committed by all sides in conflict
The medal is being named for heroic Senegalese peacekeeper, Captain Mbaye Diagne, who died saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide
United Nations' using colorful Bollywood-style video to help get a conversation going about global gay rights
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called the meeting to protest Ukraine’s operation in the east to clear buildings of pro-Russian separatists
Senior UN humanitarian official warns that separating Muslims and Christians is no solution to inter-communal violence
U.N. humanitarian chief says Security Council resolution intended to improve humanitarian access to millions in Syria is not working
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