Embarrassment for Nawaz Sharif; UN says 'India, Pakistan should resolve issues, including Kashmir, through dialogue'
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif had given UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a dossier containing evidence of alleged human rights violations by Indian forces in Kashmir.
Sep 22, 2016, 11:06 AM IST
Pak, India should resolve Kashmir dispute: Ban to Sharif
Rejecting Pakistan's repeated pleas to the UN to resolve the Kashmir dispute, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Pakistan and India should address their outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through "dialogue".
Sep 22, 2016, 09:29 AM IST
UN high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance: Five things to know!
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the biggest threats to global health and endangers other major priorities.
Sep 22, 2016, 06:33 AM IST
Ban Ki-moon makes no reference to Kashmir in final UNGA address
Ban touched upon a plethora of global issues including the crisis in Syria, the Palestinian issue, the situation in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, the refugee and migrant movements.
Sep 20, 2016, 21:07 PM IST
UN chief condemns Uri attack, extends condolence
17 Indian Army soldiers were killed yesterday in an encounter with the terrorists at the Army Brigade headquarters in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir.
Sep 19, 2016, 10:02 AM IST
UN secretary general presses US, Russia to help unblock Syria aid
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he was in talks with Russia and the United States to turn up the pressure on all sides in Syria to guarantee the security of a UN aid convoy to Alepp
Sep 14, 2016, 23:45 PM IST
Philippines` Duterte declines meeting with UN`s Ban
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has railed against the United Nations for criticising his government, has declined a request to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, officials said Thursday.
Sep 02, 2016, 07:42 AM IST
Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Sri Lankan PM
Ban Ki-moon will depart Sri Lanka after three days on September 2 to attend the upcoming G20 Summit in China's city of Hangzhou.
Sep 01, 2016, 11:22 AM IST
UN a steady partner in Myanmar's reform, reconciliation process: Ban Ki-moon
The United Nations has been a steady partner supporting the reform and reconciliation process in Myanmar, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference here on Wednesday.
Aug 31, 2016, 20:24 PM IST
Israeli army closes file on 2014 Gaza school shelling
Among the cases where no wrongdoing was found, it said in a 21-page report, was the shelling of a United Nations school in the southern Gaza town of Rafah in which 10 people died.
Aug 25, 2016, 00:34 AM IST
UN chief calls for renewed focus on mass destruction weapons
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to renew its commitment to eliminate weapons of mass destruction as technological advances make it cheaper and easier for terrorist groups to produce and deliver materials for making the weapons.
Aug 24, 2016, 21:00 PM IST
Shabir Choudhry rejects UN Secy Gen's letter to Pak PM as ''unimpressive''
Apart from the above, he said, Pakistan is also a mastermind of the ongoing militancy and a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir started in 1988.
Aug 22, 2016, 10:27 AM IST
UN chief deplores Kashmir deaths, offers to help in dialogue
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the deaths in the current unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also offered his good offices to facilitate dialogue between India and Pakistan to "achieve a negotiated settlement" on all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.
Aug 19, 2016, 19:07 PM IST
Ban Ki-moon expresses concern over Kashmir, calls for dialogue: Pakistan
Pakistan on Friday said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the loss of lives in the Kashmir unrest and offered his good offices to facilitate dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Aug 19, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Philippines President slams UN for interfering in drug war
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte slammed the UN and called it "stupid" for opposing his controversial war against drugs that has claimed more than 1,000 lives, authorities said on Thursday.
Aug 18, 2016, 09:54 AM IST
UN rejects assertions of Ban's silence on Kashmir
The UN has strongly rejected assertion that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a "vow of silence" on the issue of Kashmir.
Aug 05, 2016, 13:16 PM IST
UN asks Saudi coalition to do more to prevent Yemen child deaths
The Saudi-led coalition must address "very serious concerns" about the killing of children in Yemen, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today, but the alliance remained off a blacklist of child rights violators.
Aug 03, 2016, 10:47 AM IST
UN backtracks on role of its observers in Kashmir, says limited to LoC
The UN has backtracked on its assertion that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir through the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), clarifying that the observers` mission is limited to the line of control between Indian and Pakistani forces.
Aug 02, 2016, 23:26 PM IST
South Sudan on brink of an abyss: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that South Sudan remains precariously poised on the brink of an abyss, and warned that the promises of the new state for peace, justice and opportunity have been squandered.
Jul 29, 2016, 07:48 AM IST
Indonesia executes foreign convicts despite protests; Indian national spared
Indonesia on Thursday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, by firing squad, an official said, pushing on with a campaign of capital punishment that has sparked a storm of global anger.
Jul 29, 2016, 04:53 AM IST
