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Middle East
‘Great progress’ being made bringing Da’esh/ISIL terrorists to justice, Security Council hears
Crimes committed by the Da’esh terror network in Iraq constitute some of the “most gruesome acts we have seen in…
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Middle East
Griffiths to Security Council: ‘Your responsibility is not over’ to Syrian people
The UN and its partners need to reach more Syrians with immediate life-saving aid, the UN relief chief warned the…
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Middle East
Military solution for Syria remains ‘an illusion’: Pedersen
With no shifts in the frontlines in almost two years, the UN Special Envoy for Syria warnedt he Security Council about “a strategic stalemate” in the nearly 11-year-old war. For Geir Pedersen,…
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Asia Pacific
‘We cannot abandon the people of Afghanistan’ Guterres tells Security Council
With Afghanistan “hanging by a thread” six months after the Taliban takeover, the world cannot abandon the country now –…
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Africa
Unified Libya will come only via ballot box, ‘not the gun’, Security Council hears
Libya is at a “delicate and fragile juncture in its path to unity and stability”, the UN Political Affairs chief told the Security Council…
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Americas
Top UN Colombia official calls for greater implementation of historic peace accord
Five years after its signing, the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia is setting down ever deeper roots, the Special Representative…
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Middle East
Palestine-Israel: UN envoy highlights urgent need for reform
Urgent action is required to prevent further deterioration of the economic, security and political situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…
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Africa
Concrete action essential to fulfill Darfur promise: ICC Prosecutor
Nearly 20 years after the UN Security Council referred the Darfur situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC),…
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Middle East
Yemen: ‘Political will, responsible leadership’ needed, to end 7-year war
Seven years into the war in Yemen, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg reaffirmed to the Security Council on Wednesday that…
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Africa
Mali: Security Council warned over ‘endless cycle of instability’
A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
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