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.
01 January 2013
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.
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.
26 December 2012
Kazakhstan to work out recommendations for UNThe first meeting of the Coordination Council for national consultations on UN agenda in global development after 2015 was held in Astana.
Confusion on Internet future after UN treaty split The freewheeling, unregulated Internet seemed to survive a push for new rules at a UN treaty meeting, but the collapse of talks leaves unanswered questions about the Web's future.
16 December 2012
Troubled UN climate talks spill over UN talks seeking to slow the march of destructive global warming ran far into extra time Saturday as host Qatar sought to broker an end to the standoff between rich and poor nations on funding.
09 December 2012
UN sanctions Al-Qaeda linked Mali Islamists The UN Security Council on Wednesday ordered sanctions against an Al-Qaeda linked Islamist group in a new sign of the tougher line being taken with militants who have taken over much of the Mali.
06 December 2012
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Baghdad: TV UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on Thursday for talks with Iraqi leaders, state television said, after a visit to Kuwait in which he called for a new era in relations between the two countries.
06 December 2012
Climate talks enter second week with 'hot air' dispute Countries entered a second week of UN climate talks in Doha on Monday deeply divided on key issues even as fresh warnings were issued that rising greenhouse gas levels are putting our planet in peril.
03 December 2012
UN backs holding G-Global in KazakhstanFrom economic and political points of view Kazakhstan is eligible to bid for hosting G-Global under the aegis of the United Nations: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
30 November 2012
DR Congo rebels appear to be quitting key city of Goma: UN There are signs that Congolese rebels are withdrawing from the strategic eastern city of Goma, following a round of diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict from spreading across the region.
29 November 2012
Record number back UN vote against death penalty A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
21 November 2012
UN protests to Syria over Golan Heights attacks The United Nations has protested to the Syrian government for claiming it had UN permission to attack rebel opponents in the Golan Heights demilitarized zone.
17 November 2012
US defends Israeli attacks on Gaza at emergency UN meeting Arab nations demanded the UN Security Council condemn Israel's deadly attacks on Gaza at an emergency meeting, but the United States strongly defended Israel's military strikes.