An unprecedented coalition of Somali security forces and troops with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have launched an operation today (May 21) to neutralise lingering insurgent elements blamed for a recent spate of violence in the capital Mogadishu. AU-UN/IST
The Secretary-General spoke at the Security Council meeting this morning on terrorism in Africa. He said that terrorism is a threat to Africa’s peace, security and development. UNTV
The Security Council condemns in a press Statement the killing of five peacekeepers and seven civilians in an ambush near the settlement of Gumurk in JongleiStatetoday. UNTV
The President of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the month of April read a press statement today (4 April) condemning the terrorist attack yesterday (3 April) in Farah, province of Afghanistan. UNTV
In a Press Statement issued today the members of the Security Council condemn the recent (21 March) terrorist attack to a mosque in Damascus, Syria. UNTV
Martin Kobler, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq, told the Security Council today that Iraqis face a complex set of interrelated problems, among them the very real potential for a spill-over of violence from Syria. UNTV
Syria's Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari announces today (20 March) a request from his government for the United Nations Secretary-General to form a technical mission in order to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian territory yesterday. UNTV
The Syrian government is reportedly using medical care as a tactic of war, U.N. human rights investigators said today. The latest UN report into human rights abuses in the conflict says medical access is being denied on political and sectarian grounds. CH UNTV
Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, demanded today in Geneva that Britain and the United States publish classified documents regarding the CIA’s human rights violations under former President George W. Bush. UNTV
Somali government troops, with the backing of African Union forces, have met with elders and other influential leaders in Buur-Hakba, as part of efforts to secure the strategic town which they captured from Al Shabaab fighters on Wednesday (February 27). AU/UN /IST