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Chile's former President and UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet. ©REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
Bachelet leaves UN to head back to Chile

Michelle Bachelet announced Friday that she is quitting as head of the UN women's agency amid mounting speculation that she will stand for a new term as president of Chile in November elections.

Bachelet leaves UN to head back to Chile
North Korea places South island in crosshairs

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

North Korea places South island in crosshairs
Kazakhstan ready for membership in UN Security Council: Foreign Minister

We believe that we are politically ready to bear the international responsibility and responsibility for the global issues as a nonentity member of the Security Council: Yerlan Idrissov.

Kazakhstan ready for membership in UN Security Council: Foreign Minister
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UN investigating Iran link to Yemen arms seizure

UN sanctions experts are investigating the Yemeni government's claims that Iran supplied rockets and explosives seized from a ship last month.

UN investigating Iran link to Yemen arms seizure
N. Korea nuclear test could 'tie hands' of South: Ban

UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that a nuclear test by North Korea could blow up hopes of an eventual reconciliation by "tying the hands" of the South's incoming president.

N. Korea nuclear test could 'tie hands' of South: Ban
N. Korea hints at nuclear test after UN sanctions

A defiant North Korea on Wednesday condemned a new round of UN sanctions and hinted it might carry out a nuclear test, while ruling out a resumption of talks on denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

N. Korea hints at nuclear test after UN sanctions
World jobless number seen rising to record high in 2013: ILO

Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year.

World jobless number seen rising to record high in 2013: ILO
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UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat

The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch.

UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat
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Climate: 'Rock' fix for oceans is badly flawed: study

Claims that global warming can be braked by dissolving huge quantities of rock in the sea to absorb carbon emissions are laden with flaws.

Climate: 'Rock' fix for oceans is badly flawed: study
Mercury treaty adopted in Geneva by 140 countries

Delegations from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury.

Mercury treaty adopted in Geneva by 140 countries
Thailand grants access to presumed Rohingya: UN

The UN's refugee arm said Wednesday it had permission from Thailand to access some 850 people, many thought to be from Myanmar's Rohingya minority, held after raids on hidden camps in the Thai south.

Thailand grants access to presumed Rohingya: UN
France urges rapid deployment of force to Mali

France has asked the United Nations to "accelerate" implementation of a resolution that enables the deployment of an international force to Mali.

France urges rapid deployment of force to Mali
UN peace envoy to meet Russian, US officials on Syria

UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was set to meet top US and Russian officials Friday to discuss the Syrian conflict, a day after Damascus denounced his "bias" against President Bashar al-Assad.

UN peace envoy to meet Russian, US officials on Syria
East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years

The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years
UN chief condemns 'escalating' violence in Pakistan

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday he was "appalled by the escalating terrorist violence in Pakistan," after 19 Shiite pilgrims died in a car bomb and 21 kidnapped soldiers were killed.

UN chief condemns 'escalating' violence in Pakistan
UN, US concern as C. Africa rebels close in on capital

The UN is evacuating staff from the Central African Republic and the US has warned its citizens to leave as rebel fighters close in on the tense capital Bangui.

UN, US concern as C. Africa rebels close in on capital
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China and emerging powers to pay more for UN

China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.

China and emerging powers to pay more for UN
Deputy Prime-Minister Yerbol Orynbayev. ©pm.kz
Kazakhstan to work out recommendations for UN

The first meeting of the Coordination Council for national consultations on UN agenda in global development after 2015 was held in Astana.

Kazakhstan to work out recommendations for UN
UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants.

UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
UN sanctions two Iran firms over Syria arms supplies

The UN Security Council on Thursday slapped sanctions on two Iranian firms accused of supplying arms to the Syrian government.

UN sanctions two Iran firms over Syria arms supplies