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The United States' key strategic partnerships lie to its south, but President Barack Obama failed to mention them in his address to the United Nations.

• 27 сентября 2013, 11:29

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.

• 25 сентября 2013, 12:53

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 сентября 2013, 14:01

A team of UN inspectors left their Damascus hotel in a convoy of cars Saturday following the conclusion of their probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons by the regime.

• 31 августа 2013, 10:46

Calls for a military intervention in Syria are an "undisguised challenge" to the United Nations charter.

• 30 августа 2013, 10:07

More than 80 children, some as young as eight years old, have been rescued from an armed group in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and are being reunited with their families.

• 18 августа 2013, 11:53

Moscow and Washington are in agreement about the need to stage a fresh round of Syria peace talks "as soon as possible".

• 11 августа 2013, 11:23

A team of UN experts will head to Panama next week to inspect a North Korean ship impounded last month after the discovery of Cuban missile parts in its cargo.

• 09 августа 2013, 11:00

Latin American bloc Mercosur reiterated Monday to the United Nations its indignation over US espionage practices revealed by Edward Snowden.

• 06 августа 2013, 14:01

UN peacekeepers patrolled a new security zone in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a deadline for militia fighters to disarm passed.

• 02 августа 2013, 18:49

The United Nations on Tuesday threatened to use force against M23 rebel forces near Goma city, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, if they do not disarm within 48 hours.

• 31 июля 2013, 13:55

UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Egypt's interim leadership on Sunday that every death in demonstrations is making it harder to drag the country out of its crisis.

• 29 июля 2013, 16:44

The United Nations warned Friday it had "worrying" evidence that a growing number of children are being killed or injured in the renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• 28 июля 2013, 16:34

The United Nations on Friday said it was "troubled" by Australia's decision to send asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea given conditions there failed to adequately protect refugees.

• 26 июля 2013, 11:00

Venezuela late Friday said it has "ended" its rapprochement with the United States due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the US envoy to the United Nations.

• 21 июля 2013, 21:31

Malala Yousafzai took over the United Nations on Friday, nine months after a Taliban gunman put a bullet in her head believing he was ending the Pakistani teenager's campaign for girls' education.

• 13 июля 2013, 11:01

United Nations peacekeepers prepared to take over from African troops in Mali with a mission to ensure stability in the conflict-scarred nation just four weeks ahead of crucial elections.

• 01 июля 2013, 19:08

Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.

• 01 июля 2013, 18:10

UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage at a "despicable" Islamist attack on a UN compound in Somalia which left 16 dead but vowed that the organisation would not end its work in the troubled country.

• 20 июня 2013, 11:30

War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012.

• 19 июня 2013, 12:33