Stephane Dujarric
UN Approves $600 Mn Budget Cut To Peacekeeping
The United Nations on Friday approved a nearly $600 million cut to its peacekeeping budget following pressure from the...
UN Questions DR Congo Probe of Experts’ Murder
The United Nations raised questions Tuesday about the Democratic Republic of Congo's probe of the murder of two UN...
UN Calls On North Korea To Stop Missile Tests
The United Nations on Monday called on North Korea to put a stop to its ballistic missile tests in order to open up the...
Fifth UN Peacekeeper Found Dead After C. Africa Attack
Another UN peacekeeper has been found dead in the Central African Republic, bringing to five the toll from an attack...
UN Urges Nigerians Not To Shun Chibok Girls
The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls after years of Boko Haram captivity and...
Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end...
Kidnapping Mars UN Security Council Visit To Colombia
An employee of the United Nations has been kidnapped by a dissident rebel faction in southern Colombia, marring a visit...
UN Calls For Halt To South Sudan Fighting
The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new...
UN Eyes New Talks On Western Sahara After Polisario Pullback
The United Nations set its sights on restarting political talks on the disputed territory of Western Sahara after the...
Palestinian, UN Alarm After Israel Backs New Settlement
The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially...
UN Chief Heads To Arab Summit After Row Over Israel ‘apartheid’ Report
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the...
UN Official Resigns Over Israel Apartheid Report
The head of the United Nations' West Asia commission, Rima Khalaf, has resigned over what she described as the pressure...
UN Official Says Quitting Over ‘Israel Apartheid’ Report
Jordanian UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to...
UN Sounds Alarm Over Foreign Aid Cuts
US President Donald Trump is seeking to reduce his country's contribution to UN programmes, as part of cuts to funding...
US Demands UN Pull Report Accusing Israel of Apartheid
The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body...
Netanyahu Hails US Veto of Palestinian As Libya Envoy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hailed the US veto of a Palestinian to be named UN envoy to Libya, saying...
UN Chief Defends Choice of Ex-Palestinian PM As Libya Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday defended his choice of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad...
UN Relief Coorinator Sees Hope of Emergency Relief For Syria In 2017
UN Emergency relief chief Stephen O’Brien said Thursday that there are some emerging reasons to hope in Syria as far...
UN Envoy To Hold Talks With Gambia’s New President
UN Secretary-General Special Representative for The Gambia, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, plans to have further discussions...