UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2270(2016), imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme. UN Photo / Rick Bajornas

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North Korea Asked to Stop Destabilising Acts

March 11, 2016March 13, 2016 RMN News North Korea, Nuclear, UN

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “remains gravely concerned” by the situation on the Korean Peninsula following Thursday’s missile launch by

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers remarks to the Security Council meeting on sexual exploitation and abuse. UN Photo / Mark Garten

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UN Takes Steps to Curb Sexual Exploitation

March 11, 2016March 12, 2016 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Sexual Exploitation, UN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday presented to the Security Council special measures aimed at ending impunity, helping and supporting victims,

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Nafissa, 17 from Niger, was married at 16. Three months after marrying she became pregnant. She gave birth to a still born baby.

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New Initiative to Protect Girls from Child Marriage

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 RMN News AIDS, Child, Girls, HIV, Marriage

A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to end child marriage will help protect the rights of millions of the

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Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (centre), flanked by his Special Advisor, Jan Egeland (left) and Yacoub El Hillo, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria briefing the press in Geneva. UN Photo / Anne-Laure Lechat

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Is War-Torn Syria Ready for the Elections?

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 RMN News Elections, Syria, UN

The United Nations believes that after nearly six years of conflict, Syria will have the democratic elections in the next

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Blue helmets and uniforms of UN Peacekeepers. UN Photo / Marco Dormino

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UN Peacekeepers Face Sexual Abuse Allegations

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 RMN News Abuse, Ban Ki-moon, Sexual, UN

With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 – 69 of these in

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UN Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2270(2016), imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the continued pursuit of a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programme. UN Photo / Rick Bajornas

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Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea

March 3, 2016March 5, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, North Korea, Sanctions, Security Council, UN

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its

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