10 February 2012 – The General Assembly will meet on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, where the death toll keeps rising as Government forces continue their bloody crackdown against a pro-democracy uprising.
A United Nations-backed scientific expedition which has been travelling the world’s oceans for almost three years is in New York seeking to raise public awareness of the impact of climate change in oceans.
9 February 2012 – After another day of deadly violence in Syria, a senior United Nations official today added her voice to calls on the country’s Government to stop the killing and maiming of children. “Over the past months, the number of child victims in Syria has climbed into the hundreds and the rate is […]
8 February 2012 – The United Nations and the League of Arab States are considering sending a joint observer mission to Syria to try to end the crisis engulfing the Middle East country, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning today that recent attacks against civilians in the city of Homs were “a grim harbinger of worse […]