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CTV.ca UN: Crimes Against Humanity in Syria? TIME By AP / ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and GEORGE JAHN Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 (BEIRUT) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of potential crimes against humanity Thursday as activists reported fresh violence in Daraa, the city where the ... Russia may support new Security Council resolution under certain conditions ... CNN Assad still has strong support, says envoy to Canada CTV.ca Ban sees possible crimes against humanity in...Read Full Story

GENEVA:? UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday that the UN Conference on Disarmament could fail because of a three-year stalemate over Pakistan’s reluctance to discuss nuclear power. “Today, this distinguished body is no longer living up to expectations,” Ban said at the first of three public sessions scheduled this year, in a speech read out by the top UN official in Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “The tide of disarmament is rising, yet the Conference on Disarmament is in...Read Full Story

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that the UN Conference on Disarmament could fail because of a three-year stalemate over Pakistan's reluctance to discuss nuclear power. "Today, this distinguished body is no longer living up to expectations," Ban said at the first of three public sessions scheduled this year, in a speech read out by the top UN official in Geneva , Kassym-Jomart Tokayev . "The tide of disarmament is rising, yet the Conference on Disarmament is in danger of...Read Full Story

The Guardian Iran asks UN to condemn killing of nuclear scientist Reuters | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran urged the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to condemn the latest in a series of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, which it said were "cruel, inhumane and criminal acts of ... Obama administration denies any role in killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Washington Post US, EU slam Iran nuclear enrichment activity at Security Council meet...Read Full Story

Attention, Beneficiary Due to the petitions received by the UN, I Secretary-General Ban ki-moon from all over the continent in regards to the fraudulent activities going on in the West Africa sub-region with security's agent and diplomats who has been delaying people's funds, consignment and valuables in their custody and demand outrageous fees to get their consignment released to them. We have been having meeting for 7 months which ended days ago with the former Secretary-General (Hon. Kofi...Read Full Story

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Somalia's seaside capital Friday, the first trip in nearly two decades by the U.N.'s top leader to a city known for a seemingly perpetual state of war. Ban announced that the U.N. would move its Somalia political office from Kenya to Mogadishu next year.Read Full Story

Europa Newswire Photo by Luiz Rampelotto Terrorism has killed too many of our sons, daughters and mothers, our fathers, sisters and brothers.  We cannot let it tear apart the human family. On the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States of America, our thoughts are with the victims and their families, and with all those who suffered or lost friends and loved ones on that terrible day. Dreams were shattered, and wounds were opened that will never heal. To truly...Read Full Story

Ban Ki-moon spoke out as a landmark UN report was published which said society needs to look beyond GDP as an indicator of economic performance.Read Full Story

Europa Newswire United Nations, August 03 2011 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed support for a Security Council presidential statement condemning the widespread violation of human rights in Syrian and the use of force against civilians by the country’s security forces. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General: “The world has watched the deteriorating situation in Syria with the most profound concern, but the events of the past few days have been brutally shocking...Read Full Story

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon The United Nations has launched a major push to accelerate progress towards the goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation; in a bid to improve the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide. Access to sanitation has been recognised by the UN as a human right, a basic service required to live a normal life. And yet, some 2.6 billion people – or half the population in the developing world – still...Read Full Story