UN Sets Date to Begin Intra-Syrian Peace Talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria has set 25 January 2016 as the target date to begin talks between the parties aimed at ending the five-year-old conflict, it was…
Central African Republic Polls Delayed
The presidential and legislative elections that had been scheduled to take place this Sunday in the Central African Republic (CAR) will now be held on 30 December 2015, the United…
United Nations – Year in Review 2015
As the year draws to a close, the United Nations (UN) has released a video that chronicles the important events of the year 2015. According to the UN, it was…
Syrian Journalist’s Murder Denounced by UN Agency
The United Nations agency responsible for defending the freedom of the media denounced Monday the murder of a Syrian journalist from an organization reporting on human rights abuses in the…
Security Council Condemns Taliban Attack in Kabul
Following the attack Friday in the vicinity of the Embassy of Spain in Kabul, Afghanistan, which resulted in casualties from both Afghan Police and Spanish National Police, the United Nations…
Libyan Parties Ready to Sign Political Agreement
The new United Nations envoy for Libya announced Friday that the parties to the country’s political dialogue process have agreed to set 16 December as the target date to sign…