General Assembly Approves UN Biennial Budget: $5.61 Billion
Concluding the main part of its 71st session, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted 15 texts – 14 resolutions…
Israeli Settlements: Trump Proposes Veto. Obama Says “No”
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Friday the adoption of a Security Council resolution which states that the establishment…
UN Approves Panel to Investigate War Crimes in Syria
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to establish an independent panel to assist in the investigation and prosecution of…
Evacuations Begin in the Troubled Syrian City of Aleppo
Evacuations have begun in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as an estimated 25,000 people have been evacuated from besieged neighbourhoods…
Security Council to Send UN Monitors to War-Torn Aleppo
Alarmed by the continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Security Council on…
Aleppo Is Now a Synonym for Hell: Ban Ki-moon
In his last press conference as United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon observed that “the carnage in Syria remains a gaping…