15 August 2011 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top envoy for Iraq strongly condemned the series of bombings that reportedly killed dozens of people and wounded many others across the country today.
TOKYO-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon brought a message of international solidarity to parts of eastern Japan still reeling from the effects of the 'triple disasters' triggered by the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear accident that struck earlier this year.
GENEVA-The United Nations voiced “extreme alarm†today at reports of “atrocious human rights violations†in Libya, including mass summary executions apparently carried out by Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi’s forces in the last few days before they lost Tripoli, the capital.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged heightened preparedness and surveillance amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond.