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Cuba submits latest draft UN resolution against US embargo
AlHijjah 26, 1436, October 10, 2015, SPA -- The latest draft United Nations resolution urging the United States to end its economic embargo on Cuba has appeared and it points out President Barack Obama's commitment to end the policy, AP (...)

10 - 10 - 2015
Experts Begin Work at Quake-Hit UNESCO Sites in Nepal
AlHijjah 24, 1436, Oct 8, 2015, SPA-- Experts Thursday began post-disaster excavation surveys and rescue excavations at earthquake damaged U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites in the Kathmandu Valley (...)

08 - 10 - 2015
U.N. Orders Audit of Foundations Linked to Bribery Case
AlHijjah 24, 1436, October 8, 2015, SPA -- The United Nations said Thursday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered an audit of two foundations whose leaders are linked to an alleged bribery case involving former General Assembly President (...)

08 - 10 - 2015
FAO Says Food Prices to be Lower, Steadier
AlHijjah 24, 1436, October 8, 2015, SPA -- The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday that stock markets may be growing, but food commodities are experiencing lower and more stable prices, and may hit a record year-on-year drop (...)

08 - 10 - 2015
U.N. Chief Welcomes Election of Climate Panel Leader
AlHijjah 23, 1436, Oct 7, 2015, SPA -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the election of Lee Hoesung as chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), his spokesperson said Wednesday. "He (Ban) looks forward to the (...)

07 - 10 - 2015
UN Calls for Renewed International Focus on Afghanistan
AlHijjah 23, 1436, Oct 7, 2015, SPA-- The U.N. refugee chief Wednesday appealed to the international community to refocus its attention on Afghanistan, saying that it would be dangerous to ignore the country. "We are here because we want the (...)

07 - 10 - 2015
U.N. Says 7.5 Million Need Food Aid in Ethiopia
AlHijjah 18, 1436, October 02, 2015, SPA -- The number of Ethiopians needing food assistance has risen sharply due to lack of rain and the El Nino weather phenomenon, with about 7.5 million people now in need, U.N. officials said Friday. The number (...)

02 - 10 - 2015
Airstrikes Force U.N. to Halt Planned Humanitarian Work in Syria
AlHijjah 18, 1436, October 2, 2015, SPA -- A surge of military activities in Syria has forced the United Nations to suspend planned humanitarian operations under a cease-fire agreement, a spokeswoman for the U.N. envoy for Syria said Friday, without (...)

02 - 10 - 2015
Pakistan's Sharif urges formalised Kashmir truce with India
AlHijjah,1436 AH, 01 October,2015, SPA -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Wednesday for cooperation, not confrontation, with India and said the two nuclear-armed countries should formalise a cease-fire in disputed Kashmir, Reuter (...)

01 - 10 - 2015
Advisor: please ignore our former item, replacing it by the following: Pakistan's Sharif urges formalized Kashmir truce with India
AlHijjah,1436 AH, 01 October,2015, SPA -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Wednesday for cooperation, not confrontation, with India and said the two nuclear-armed countries should formalize a cease-fire in disputed Kashmir, Reuter (...)

01 - 10 - 2015
Advisor: please ignore our former item, replacing it by the following: Pakistan's Sharif urges formalized Kashmir truce with India
AlHijjah,1436 AH, 01 October,2015, SPA -- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called on Wednesday for cooperation, not confrontation, with India and said the two nuclear-armed countries should formalize a cease-fire in disputed Kashmir, Reuter (...)

01 - 10 - 2015
S. Sudan president, rebel leader trade blame for fighting
AlHijjah 15, 1436, Sep 29, 2015, SPA -- South Sudan's president and rebel leader on Tuesday blamed each other for breaking the country's cease-fire, although President Salva Kiir told a high-level U.N. meeting that his commitment to the peace deal (...)

30 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Says Malaria Could be Eradicated by 2040
AlHijjah 15, 1436, September 29, 2015, SPA -- The United Nations and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a report released Monday that malaria could be eradicated by 2040, despite the lack of an effective vaccine, previous failed attempts to wipe (...)

29 - 09 - 2015
China President Offers to Support U.N. Peacekeeping
AlHijjah 15, 1436, September 29, 2015, SPA -- President Xi Jinping of China on Monday pledged support for a permanent U.N. police unit and African peacekeeping as he promised a peaceful rise for the Asian power. Xi said China, which increasingly has (...)

29 - 09 - 2015
UN 70th General Assembly opens in the attendance of Saudi Foreign Minister
AlHijjah 14, 1436, Sept. 28, 2015, SPA -- The U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon officially opened the United Nations 70th General Assembly in the attendance of Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, the Foreign Minister, who led the delegation of the Kingdom of (...)

28 - 09 - 2015
U.S. President Obama says Syria cannot "return to the pre-war status quo"
AlHijjah 14, 1436, September 28, 2015, SPA -- U.S. President Barack Obama criticized Syrian Regime and depicted Assad as tyrant. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, he said that the efforts being exerted to depose ISIS should not support (...)

28 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Says All Countries Should Help with Refugee Crisis
AlHijjah 08, 1436, September 22, 2015, SPA -- The U.N. General Assembly president said Monday that all countries must contribute to solving the global refugee crisis. "The world has not seen a global humanitarian crisis of this magnitude since the (...)

22 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Calls for Global Ceasefire on International Day of Peace
AlHijjah 08, 1436, September 22, 2015, SPA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked the International Day of Peace Monday by appealing to all warring parties to lay down their weapons and observe a global ceasefire and "stop the killings and the (...)

22 - 09 - 2015
All Countries Must Help Solve Refugee Crisis, Says General Assembly President
AlHijjah 8, 1436, Sep 22, 2015, SPA -- All countries must contribute to solving the global refugee crisis, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said Monday, emphasizing that the international community has a clear obligation to the women, men, (...)

22 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Calls for Global Ceasefire on International Day of Peace
AlHijjah 7, 1436, Sep 21, 2015, SPA -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked the International Day of Peace Monday by appealing to all warring parties to lay down their weapons and observe a global ceasefire and "stop the killings and the (...)

21 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Mission in Libya Urges Immediate Ceasefire
AlHijjah 7, 1436, Sep 21, 2015, SPA -- The U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Sunday strongly condemned the military escalation in Benghazi and called for an immediate ceasefire. "The timing of airstrikes clearly aims at undermining the ongoing (...)

21 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Chief Calls for September 21 Ceasefire
AlHijjah 05, 1436, September 19, 2015, SPA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday called for a 24-hour ceasefire on September 21, the International Day of Peace. "On this day, in the lead-up to the Day of Peace, I am asking all partners to (...)

19 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Says Record 154 Leaders to Attend Summit
AlHijjah 04, 1436, September 18, 2015, SPA -- A record 154 heads of state or government are expected to attend the annual U.N. summit gathering this month, the United Nations said Thursday. The summit that begins September 25 will launch ambitious (...)

18 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Says Malaria Deaths Fall Sharply
AlHijjah 04, 1436, September 18, 2015, SPA -- The United Nations said Thursday that malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, with improved diagnostic tests and the massive distribution of mosquito nets aiding dramatic progress (...)

18 - 09 - 2015
U.N. Says Boko Haram Displaces 1.4 Million Children
AlHijjah 4, 1436, Sep 18, 2015, SPA -- As the number of attacks by Boko Haram extremists in northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries has risen, 500,000 children have been forced to flee to safety in the past five months, bringing the total number (...)

18 - 09 - 2015
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