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Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met today (6 May) with the newly-elected President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. UNTV
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met today (6 May) with the newly-elected President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. UNTV
Using Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM), which calculates the three-dimensional travel path of airborne radioactivity, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation's (CTBTO) radionuclide network has made a significant detection of radioactive noble gases that could be attributed to the nuclear test announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 12 February 2013. CTBTO
The Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) opened today in Geneva against the backdrop of rising nuclear tensions in the Korean peninsula and Iran's nuclear enrichment programme. CH UNTV
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells a press conference in New York today that although prospects in Syria "may seem dim," he still remains convinced "that a political solution is possible". UNTV
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern today (5 April) over the reinstatement of the death penalty in a number of countries in the Middle East and Asia. CH UNTV
In a press conference during his trip to Andorrra, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today (2 April) that he was "deeply troubled" by the recent events concerning the DPRK. RTVA
North Korea has condemned a decision to set up a United Nations investigation into its alleged human rights abuses. CH UNTV
The UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) says the widespread systematic pattern of violations in the country could constitute crimes against humanity that need more scrutiny than can be carried out by a single investigator. CH UNTV
The Security Council today (7 March) unanimously approved a new resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" the 12 February nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and imposing new sanctions. UNTV
Ban says that that the approach he was proposing to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had a number of important elements "crucial to peacemaking in Africa'sGreat Lakesregion". UNTV