Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre left) and Sam Kutesa (centre right), President of the General Assembly, cut the ribbon at the unveiling ceremony of “The Ark of Return,” the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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UN Unveils Memorial to Victims of Slave Trade

March 26, 2015March 27, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Memorial, Slave, Trade, UN

United Nations (UN) officials welcomed Wednesday the unveiling at the world body’s New York Headquarters of a permanent memorial to

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A view of journalists covering the opening of the twenty-eighth session the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

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Political Consensus Urgent to Protect Human Rights: UN

March 4, 2015March 6, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Geneva, Human Rights, UN

The United Nations (UN) has the mandates and tools it needs to prevent human rights violations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told

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No To FGM is the message greeting visitors of the Islamic Gathering Association, an NGO in Siflaq, Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt. The UNFPA-supported NGO provides counselling to the residents of Siflaq and the surrounding villages, both Muslim and Christians, on the detrimental effects of FGM. Photo: Omar Gharzeddine / UNFPA

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Say “No” to Female Genital Mutilation: UN

February 7, 2015February 9, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Female, Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, UN

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), marked every year on February 6, and this

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. UN Photo/Cia Pak

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Pakistan Urged to Address Human Rights Issues

January 15, 2015January 19, 2015 RMN News Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Peshawar, Prime Minister, United Nations

Close on the heels of United Nations’ (UN) advice to Pakistan to protect the human rights in the country, leading

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. UN Photo/Cia Pak

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UN Chief Urges Pakistan to End Executions

December 31, 2014January 2, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Executions, Human Rights, Pakistan, Terrorist, UN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Government of Pakistan to bring an end to the executions of all convicts

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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at Climate Week NYC Opening Day 2014

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Secretary John Kerry Kicks Off the Climate Week

September 23, 2014September 24, 2014 RMN News Climate, John Kerry, Secretary

US Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim laid out

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