Diplomacy & Crisis News

A major United Nations meeting focusing on the world&#39s least developed countries (LDCs) has closed today in Antalya, Turkey, with a call for greater support to the world&#39s most vulnerable nations, and the adoption of an outcome document paving the way for further concrete action and progress in the years to come.

Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in central Mali earlier today, with another &#39blue helmet&#39 seriously injured, according to preliminary information reported by the country&#39s UN mission, which deplored the &#8220heinous act of terrorism&#8221 as all the more shocking because it occurred on the day set aside for the global community to honour UN peacekeepers.

Against the backdrop of the Taebaek Mountains, the United Nations flag was raised alongside that of the Republic of Korea today, ahead of the sixty-sixth Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference beginning in Gyeongju to focus on education in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the &#8220invaluable partnership&#8221 between Rotary International and the United Nations, telling delegates gathered in Seoul, Korea, for the organization&#39s annual international conference that Rotarians had been instrumental in working with the UN to defeat polio.

With unprecedented opportunities ahead to enhance the work of the United Nations, as well as that of the wider multilateral system, UN Member States have before them a straightforward &#8220but not easy&#8221 road, the President of the General Assembly said today, starting by working harder to make their societies, their economies and their politics more inclusive and more sustainable.

More than two dozen journalists from the world&#39s least developed countries are in Antalya, Turkey, to report on a United Nations conference focused on the state of their homelands, and to ensure that key messages are disseminated as widely as possible thanks to their local news outlets.

Ahead of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers &#8211 celebrated annually on 29 May &#8211 the UN Postal Administration (UNPA) today announced the issuance of a set of six new stamps for the occasion.

The United Nations Security Council today approved a two-month extension of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), allowing adequate time for the 15-member body to consider the outcome of its recently-concluded visit to the Horn of Africa country.

Dr. Catherine Buzmion-Cheong, a United Nations peacekeeper, was working in Liberia when the first case of Ebola was confirmed in the West African nation.

As the week-long annual session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) came to a close in Vienna today, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) highlighted that bonds had been strengthened between efforts in crime prevention and criminal justice and work undertaken to promote sustainable development.

In the wake of protests in Guinea-Bissau, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all political stakeholders and their supporters to act responsibly, refrain from violence and avoid an escalation of the situation by settling their concerns through dialogue.

Riyadh’s air war in Yemen has killed and injured hundreds of civilians. Washington is finally trying to stem the carnage.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the meetings of the political dialogue for Burundi, held in Arusha, from 21 to 24 May under the auspices of the Facilitator of the East African Community (EAC), Benjamin William Mkapa, former President of Tanzania.

Pyongyang’s hackers may have tried to steal $1 billion from a Bangladeshi bank.

“Seriously concerned” by what it termed sub-standard conditions at several sites in northern Greece where refugees and migrants were evacuated this week from the makeshift site at Idomeni, the United Nations refugee agency today urged the Greek authorities, with the financial support provided by the European Union (EU), to quickly find better alternatives.

Under the heavy hand of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s media is being forced to toe the government line. Or else.

A Chinese laundry detergent ad went viral. The company that made the ad is confused about why.

Addressing world leaders at an event on the side lines of the G-7 meeting currently under way in Nagoya, Japan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the gathering to remain focused on key UN and global priorities: climate change; humanitarian action, refugees and migrants; global health; and the Sustainable Development Goals.

In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.

Some 31 natural and cultural World Heritage sites in 29 countries across the world are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new report released by the United Nations has found.