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Middle East
Iraq: Clock ticks on all-important elections, commitment to credibility needed
With just 46 days until Iraq goes to the polls, the UN Assistance Mission for the country (UNAMI) is stepping…
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Middle East
Increased Syria violence prompts largest civilian displacements in a year, as gridlock stymies political talks
Progress towards resolving Syria’s decade-long conflict has reached an impasse, the chief United Nations mediator told the Security Council on…
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Middle East
No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council
No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which…
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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan: ‘Now is the time to stand as one’, UN chief tells Security Council
As desperate Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday,…
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Middle East
Afghanistan at ‘dangerous turning point’, UN envoy warns Security Council
With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the…
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Middle East
Work still remains on Syria chemical weapons destruction, Security Council hears
Identifying perpetrators of chemical weapon attacks, and holding them accountable, must remain a priority, a senior UN official said on…
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Middle East
Gaza: Humanitarian response underway, but political solutions still needed
Although the international community is providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the most recent round of hostilities,…
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Africa
UN-African Union Mission in Darfur in final shutdown phase
Practically all peacekeepers and staff have now left the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in line with its…
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Americas
Colombia peace process at critical juncture: UN envoy
Events that were previously unthinkable in Colombia have been made possible through the historic 2016 peace agreement, the UN envoy…
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Africa
DR Congo sees fresh government impetus to fight unrelenting violence in the east
A new government action plan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to reverse the urgent and tragic deterioration in the east of…
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