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On a visit to Afghanistan, senior UN peacekeeping official Izumi Nakamitsu said the extent of the country’s progress has been under-reported. UNAMA
On a visit to Afghanistan, senior UN peacekeeping official Izumi Nakamitsu said the extent of the country’s progress has been under-reported. UNAMA
The General Assembly today elected Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, the Republic of Korea and Rwanda for two-year terms as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. UNTV
At the opening of the Four Freedoms Park on New York's Roosevelt Island, a memorial to American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said no single person was more instrumental in the founding of the United Nations. UNTV
Despite the growing number of nature reserves, national parks and other protected areas across the globe, half of the world's richest biodiversity zones remain entirely unprotected, according to a report launched today by the UN Environment Programme. UNEP / FILE
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told reporters today the situation in Syria "is quite simply dire" and called for the UN Security Council to "send a strong message". CH UNTV