Tag: UN
The World Health Organization on MERS in Korea
The World Health Organization (WHO) is willing to support efforts to contain the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Korea, the UN organization said Sunday. The statement comes after a […]
Turkey’s State of Emergency shrinking space for dissidents : UN
“Protracted restrictions on the human rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association are incompatible with the conduct of a credible electoral process in Turkey,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the […]
UN adopts a human rights resolution in North Korea
The United Nations decided for the second year in row to adopt a resolution that calls for referring all of the human rights issues in North Korea to the International Criminal […]
Congo Refugee Kids in Uganda
ISINGIRO, Uganda — Refugee children from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sit in front of a tent provided by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at Nakivale Refugee Settlement […]
Annan sees “one mediation process” key to ending Syrian crisis
Kofi Annan, the UN and the Arab League (AL)’s joint special envoy for Syria, said Wednesday that an one and only mediation process accepted by all parties concerned is […]
[The AsiaN Video] Current situation in Syria
Un Security council met in New York on 31st January to discuss the current situation in Syria and possible sanctions . A Cambodian friegher ship sunk off the east coast […]
Ban Speaks at Arab World Democratic Conference
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a conference on democratic transition in the Arab world in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 15, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lebanon News Agency> news@theasian.asia
Zuma Visits UN Headquarter
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with South African President Jacob Zuma at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 11, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia […]
UN Raises a Flag at Half-Mast for Kim
The United Nations flies its blue and white flag at half-mast to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), […]