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21/05/2013
Serra: Lebanese should be informed of UNIFIL activities

BEIRUT: Head of the U.N. Interim Forces in Lebanon Maj. Gen. Paolo Serra Monday stressed the importance of being correctly informed of UNIFIL’s activities, after caretaker Information Minister Walid Daouk paid him a visit at mission headquarters in ...

15/05/2013
UN says Indian Ocean cyclone threatening over 8 million people

The U.N. says a cyclone churning through the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened but could still bring "life-threatening" conditions to 8.2 million people along the coasts of India, Bangladesh and ...

14/05/2013
United Nations: Why not eat more insects

ROME: The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an ...

25/04/2013
Kuwait’s Syrian aid donation eases U.N. budget shortfall

Cuts to U.N. services provided to Syrian refugees in the region as a result of dire budget shortfalls have been temporarily eased, a UNHCR official said Wednesday, after Kuwait came through on its $300 million pledge last ...

25/04/2013
Brahimi Suggests U.N. Arms Embargo on Syria Conflict

U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi suggested the Security Council consider an arms embargo on both sides of Syria's conflict during a closed-door meeting, a U.N. official said ...

25/04/2013
U.N. Warns of Syrian War Spillover in Lebanon as U.S. Slams Hizbullah

U.N. Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has warned that the spillover of Syria's war continues to be felt in Lebanon as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the U.N. Susan Rice slammed Hizbullah for undermining the country's dissociation policy. “The spillover of ...

17/04/2013
Brahimi eyes new U.N. envoy role in Syria, dropping Arab League: envoys

U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi hopes to revamp his role as an international peace mediator in the Syrian conflict as a United Nations envoy without any official link to the Arab bloc, U.N. diplomats said on Tuesday. Brahimi has become increasingly frustrated with the league's moves ...

16/04/2013
UN agencies in appeal to save Syrians from catastrophe

Leaders of five UN agencies on Monday appealed to the international community to stop the "cruelty and carnage" in Syria, warning they may soon be forced to suspend humanitarian aid to the war-torn ...

15/04/2013
UN envoy meets with Hezbollah official

The UN’s special coordinator to Lebanon met Monday with Hezbollah International Relations Department chief Sayyed Ammar Moussawi Monday to discuss developments in Lebanon and the region. Derek Plumbly spoke about the crisis in neighboring Syria, expressing his concern about the shelling ...

12/04/2013
STL Says Alleged List Endangers Witnesses Lives, Confirms Taking Measures

The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Thursday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” what it called “the latest attempt to interfere with the proper administration of justice by publishing a list of alleged witnesses and potentially endangering the lives of ...

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