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Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru today met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss a number of issues including Guinea Bissau and Mali. UNTV
Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru today met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss a number of issues including Guinea Bissau and Mali. UNTV
World Food Programme (WFP) Spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs today said the agency was assisting half a million people in Cuba after Hurricane Sandy hit the island, causing the "worst natural disaster in Cuba for the last 50 years". CH UNTV
As winter approaches, UNICEF is accelerating plans for special reinforced tents, heaters, and hot showers, as well as blankets and warm clothes for young children in Jordan's Zaatari camp, where 30,000 Syrian refugees are sheltering. UNICEF
Following today's Security Council consultations on Syria, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said the latest events on the ground – the failed Eid ceasefire, new reports of atrocities and of the use of cluster bombs – made clear that "the current path will lead Syria to its destruction". UNTV