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Nyrop Nyol stands outside her home in Wunchuei, near the contested region of Abyei, Sudan and South Sudan's new and undefined border on March 27. Nyol claims she has not heard from her 17-year-old son since South Sudanese soldiers came one month ago and rounded up men and children, beating them and forcing them to fight alongside them. (Hannah McNeish/AFP/Getty Images)
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While [UN Secretary-General] Ban Ki-moon has tended to hold the Assad regime responsible for violence, no such clear statement has come from Russia so far
The statements made by Ban Ki-moon during his visit to India were morale-boosting. We thank him on behalf of the people of Kashmir. We should have been in Delhi at the time to register our protest, but unfortunately, we could not reach there
It’s very important that Mr. Ban Ki-moon is not swept up in the euphoria and he should actually be looking at the situation with a lot of logic and stone-cold sober look at whether there is indeed reform in the country and what needs to be done; that Mr. Ban tells the Burmese authorities that this is a good start but much more needs to be done and much more quicklyMore quotes »
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Sudan, South Sudan to return to talks next week
their border.Ramtane Lamamra said Friday that the resumption of talks has been confirmed.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he welcomes the resumption of talks in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia next week. Ban urged the parties to demonstrate flexibility during Read more »
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Ban tells CNN Annan plan is Syria's only choice
-- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international envoy Kofi Annan 's peace plan is the only option right now for ending the violence in Syria.Ban said in an interview Thursday with CNN's Christiane Amanpour that "at this time, we don't have any plan Read more »
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2 more years for UN rights chief
-- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked the General Assembly to approve a two-year extension for High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.Ban's office announced Monday that Pillay, whose four-year term was due to expire at year's end, agreed Read more »
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UN chief Ban arrives in Myanmar to promote reforms
-- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Myanmar to see how the world body can help promote the country's tentative steps toward democratic reform.Ban will meet President Thein Sein and visit a U.N. drug control project during the three-day visit Read more »
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UN chief 'gravely alarmed' at Syria killings
-- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is "gravely alarmed" at the continuing killings in Syria despite the government's repeated commitments to end the violence.The U.N. chief told a news conference Friday that U.N. military observers in Syria are Read more »
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Sudan: UN chief welcomes withdrawal of Sudanese troops from border flashpoint area
30 May 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the full withdrawal of Sudan's military from the disputed Abyei area yesterday and calls on its Government to withdraw all remaining armed police forces, his spokesperson said today. This site has no c 7:11 PM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Sudan Pulling Out of Disputed Region, UN Says
Nyrop Nyol stands outside her home in Wunchuei, near the contested region of Abyei, Sudan and South Sudan's new and undefined border on March 27. Nyol claims she has not heard from her 17-year-old son since South Sudanese soldiers came one month ago and 5:23 PM from The Epoch Times Read more »
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U.N. confirms Sudan army withdrew from Abyei
KHARTOUM/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan's army has withdrawn from the disputed region of Abyei bordering South Sudan, the United Nations confirmed on Wednesday, removing an obstacle to talks between the neighbours to end hostilities. But in a sign tension 1:14 PM from Reuters Africa Read more »
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Libya to attend Somalia conference in Turkey
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed shake hands during the United Nations’ Somalia conference in Istanbul, Turkey, May 22, 2010 (Photo: People’s Daily Online). ANKARA 5:34 AM from SomalilandPress Read more »
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Countries begin last round of talks on outcome document
Time is running out, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told participants at the Rio+20 informal consultations on the outcome document. You still have much work to do perhaps too much work but you must persevere. The stakes are very, very high, for the p 1:58 AM from New Kerala Read more »
