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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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Africa
UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d’état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’
After a recent wave of attempts and coups d’état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, The UN Special Representative for the region told the Security Council on…
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Middle East
UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told…
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Asia Pacific
Security Council paves way for aid to reach desperate Afghans
The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution clearing the way for aid to reach Afghans in desperate need of basic…
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Middle East
Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm
The deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, took centre stage at the Security Council on…
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Middle East
UN envoy outlines ‘possibilities for progress’ in Syria next year
Now is the time to explore whether a political process in Syria can meaningfully move forward in 2022, UN Special…
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