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 Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the disease on Saturday ― the first MERS case in the country in three years. Since then, he has […]
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 High commissioner for human rights, said in a statement on Wednesday, stressing that these rights are particularly crucial in the context of elections. “On […]
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 Court. The United Nations General Assembly held the meeting in their headquarters in New York on 17th December, and the majority agreed on that decision, […]
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 Camp in the southwestern Ugandan district of Isingiro, on March 20, 2012. Decades of gun fire, mass massacres, and rapes have forced tens of thousands […]
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 crucial for the success in the efforts to end the current crisis in Syria. “If we are going to succeed, it is extremely important that […]
[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 of the Black sea coast of turkey, two crew members have been rescued , still 10 polish crew members are missing. Starbucks raises its price […]
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), at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Dec. 28, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasia.asia