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'Badge of shame' if Africa exits world court: Annan Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a "badge of shame" for Africa if its leaders voted to leave the International Criminal Court.
08 October 2013
UNESCO re-elects director general UNESCO has voted its director general Irina Bokova to a second term in office.
05 October 2013
Assad says Syria will comply with UN arms resolution Syria will comply with a UN resolution to destroy its chemical arsenal, President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday, as weapons experts prepared to head for Damascus to begin the task.
30 September 2013
UN Council orders Syria chemical arms destroyed The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution Friday ordering the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and condemning a murderous poison gas attack in Damascus.
28 September 2013
UN Security Council passes first resolution on small arms trade The UN Security Council passed its first resolution Thursday on restricting the trade in illicit small arms, but Russia refused to back the measure.
27 September 2013
US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.
27 September 2013
UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.
27 September 2013
Venezuelan president scraps UN trip over 'threats' Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he had scrapped his plan to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York to "protect my life" after purported threats on it.
26 September 2013
Britain gives $160 million to Syria aid Britain on Wednesday gave an extra $160 million to help Syrian refugees as the European Union urged the UN Security Council to do more to ensure humanitarian access.
26 September 2013
Rowhani's speech 'cynical', 'full of hypocrisy': Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early Wednesday blasted Iranian President Hassan Rowhani for making what he described as a "cynical speech that was full of hypocrisy" at the UN General Assembly.
25 September 2013
New Syria dispute clouds UN assembly Russia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.
25 September 2013
Warming 'pause' gives thought for scientists, sceptics A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts.
24 September 2013
Mexico's former President Felipe Calderon. ©Reuters/Henry Romero Global panel to make economic case on climate change Mexico's former president Felipe Calderon said that climate action can boost both developed and emerging countries as he led a new commission bringing together government and business leaders.
24 September 2013
Assad: One year, $1 bn needed to destroy chem arms Defiant strongman Bashar Al-Assad promised Wednesday he would surrender Syria's chemical weapons but warned it would take at least a year to do so and cost one billion dollars.
19 September 2013
©Marat Abilov Kazakhstan starts campaigning to enter UN Security Council Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry has started an official campaign to promote Kazakhstan's bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in 2017-2018.
19 September 2013
UN's Ban skeptical Assad will keep chemical arms deal UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Friday he shares international doubts that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will respect an international deal on his country's chemical weapons.
14 September 2013
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. ©REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool World powers to lay off Iran at IAEA, for now Iran is expected to enjoy a rare let-up in pressure at a UN atomic agency meeting starting Monday, as Tehran's new government and world powers prepare a fresh diplomatic push.
10 September 2013
Illustration by Tengrinews.kz Peace and war have to be decided based on international law: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
06 September 2013
Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UN More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, lamenting the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago.
03 September 2013
Merkel hits out at Russia, China over Syria stance German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Russia and China over their stance in the Syrian crisis, saying in an interview published Saturday that their action weakened the United Nations.
01 September 2013

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