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• 2015 will be decisive in whether and how Somalia can become a unified, peaceful and federal state, a UN special envoy said on Wednesday. Members of the Security Council heard a briefing regarding recent developments on the ground. The Horn of Africa country remains one of the most dangerous places on the globe as [...]

Despite progress that has been made in fighting Ebola in the three West African countries worst affected by the virus, there is no room for complacency as new cases have shown. That's what John Ging, Operations Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs told reporters on Thursday. Derrick Mbatha reports. Mr. Ging [...]

Europe should accept migrants through official channels in an effort to stop smuggling and control their borders, a UN human rights expert has urged. An estimated 150,000 migrants and asylum seekers arrived by sea without official papers in Europe in 2014, compared with 80,000 in 2013. Sweden has accepted 30,000 Syrian and Eritrean migrants while [...]

Leaders around the world should be guided by dignity in all their efforts to end poverty, transform lives and protect the planet. That's the message that was delivered by UN Secretary-General at a meeting on Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development. Stephanie Castro reports. In his address, the [...]

News in brief from the United Nations. 1. African countries in Great Lakes Region urged to united against rebels Countries in the Great Lakes Region of Africa have been urged to remain united in their efforts to neatralize armed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The appeal came from from the UN [...]

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The European Union needs to "bank on" more migrants reaching its borders in coming years and should provide more help for them to do so, according to a UN investigator. François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, notes the EU's "toxic political environment" along with dangerous sea crossings undertaken by desperate migrants. [...]

An investigation has been launched in northern Mali after violent protests near a UN base in the town of Gao led to the deaths of several people. The demonstrations were in reaction to an initiative that would establish a temporary security zone in Tabankort following heavy fighting in the area. Jocelyne Sambira has more. The [...]

The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust should be a call to action to promote tolerance and the value of human life. That's according to Ambassador Denis Antoine of Grenada a Vice President of the UN General Assembly who participated in an event to mark the day on Tuesday. [...]

The release of a presidential aide in Yemen on Wednesday has been welcomed by the UN senior envoy to the country. Ahmed Bin Mubarak, Director of the Office of the President, was held captive for nearly ten days by the Ansarallah opposition group. The President and the Prime Minister of the Middle Eastern country both [...]

An investigation into the death of a UN peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon is underway, according to the UN Interim Force in the country, UNIFIL. The peacekeeper of was from Spain died from injuries sustained following an exchange of fire north of the Blue Line, a buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli Defence [...]

The atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Second World War were revisited on Tuesday as the UN observed the International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust. The day marks the liberation of the notorious Auschwitz-Berkenau concentration and extermination camp on 27th January. The now notorious acts committed at the camp included [...]

Anti-Semitism remains a violent reality, the UN Secretary-General warned during a ceremony in memory of the Holocaust victims. The International Day of Commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust also marks the liberation of the Aushwitz Birkenau death camp at the end of the Second World war. Over a million people were killed in the [...]

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The call to end indiscriminate employment of weapons in populated areas of Syria has continued to be ignored, according to a UN top humanitarian official. Kyung-wha Kang, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, was speaking on Wednesday at the Security Council. She presented a report on recent developments in Syria, which is now in [...]