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UN asks India to set target to cut down carbon emissions

Last Updated: Sunday, January 11, 2015, 22:59

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday asked India to set an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions, saying it is in a unique position to lead sustainability, energy efficiency and fight against climate change.

Bloomberg named UN Chief`s special envoy for climate change

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 21:32

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the first special envoy for cities and climate change.

UN chief greets Chinese people on lunar new year

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 07:40

The Spring Festival is the most important Chinese traditional holiday, highlighting family reunions and renewal of seasons.

UN chief meets with Fidel Castro in Havana

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 03:39

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana.

Ban says South Sudan `detainees` must be in peace talks

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 06:08

Ban says South Sudan `detainees` must be in peace talks

UN chief`s bungled Iran invitation hurts his role

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 06:47

Ban Ki-moon made a rare effort at solo diplomacy when he invited Iran to join this week`s Syria peace talks, but it backfired.

`Enough is enough, time to negotiate,` UN chief tells Syrians

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 01:56

UN leader Ban Ki-moon told Syria`s warring sides at a peace conference in Switzerland Wednesday that the time had come for negotiations to end the country`s bloodshed.

Iran accuses Ban Ki-moon of bowing to pressure on Syria talks

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 22:59

Iran on Tuesday accused UN chief Ban Ki-moon of bowing to outside pressure to rescind Tehran`s invitation to a peace conference on Syria.

Rescinding invitation to Iran a mistake: Russia

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 19:44

The UN chief`s decision to rescind the invitation to Iran to join this week`s Syria peace talks was a mistake but not a catastrophe, Russia`s foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Russia says Iran`s absence from Syria talks is a mistake, not a catastrophe

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:14

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday it was a mistake for UN chief Ban Ki-moon to withdraw an invitation to Iran to attend peace talks on Syria, but did not see it as a catastrophe.

Syrian opposition divided over Geneva II peace talks?

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 13:19

It seems that trouble is reportedly brewing in Syrian opposition ahead of crucial peace talks due to take place in Switzerland on Wednesday.

Russia warns Iran`s absence from Syria talks `unforgivable mistake`

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:40

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said the absence of Iran from this week`s peace talks on the Syrian crisis would be an "unforgivable mistake".