Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:49
Senior leaders of Bangladesh`s two major feuding parties today began a dialogue aimed at ending a political deadlock over upcoming general elections even as a visiting UN special envoy extended his mission by a day.
Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:11
Bangladesh can end the current political deadlock on impending national elections if the feuding parties are willing to compromise in the face of continuing violence, a senior UN envoy today said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 09:07
After a rocky day of talks, diplomats failed on Tuesday to agree on a date to bring Syria`s warring sides back to the negotiating table, the UN`s top envoy for Syria said.
Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 21:40
The United Nations says that 979 Iraqis died in attacks in October, a monthly death toll that is exactly the same as the figure for September.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 11:17
UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng, reportedly said that he was “deeply disturbed” after reports of retaliatory attacks by Malian troops emerged.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 15:05
Following talks in Moscow with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Brahimi said there was no alternative to negotiations.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 00:23
The international community will continue supporting Afghanistan after US and NATO combat forces leave by the end of 2014, a top UN envoy said.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 21:25
Canadian diplomat Mokhtar Lamani heads the Damascus office of UN envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, met with Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 09:55
Lakhdar Brahimi said Monday that the situation in Syria was "extremely bad" and getting worse.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 20:58
Kofi Annan has resigned from his post as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, the United Nations announced on Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 15:56
A United Nations human rights envoy on Tuesday travelled to western Myanmar to investigate communal violence.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 21:55
UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, his spokesman said.
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