UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that al Qaeda was likely behind a double car bombing in Damascus last week that killed 55 people, the deadliest attacks in Syria's capital since an anti-regime uprising began in March 2011.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed anger over a rise in the number of journalists killed in the line of duty at a World Press Freedom Day event on Thursday. The UN estimates that more than 60 journalists were killed in 2011.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in to Burma's parliament for the first time on Wednesday, cementing a risky detente between her party and the country's military rulers.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Burmese president Thein Sein to continue democratic reforms on Monday, ahead of talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party has agreed to end a parliamentary boycott and pledge to protect the constitution.
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon condemned aid raids made on South Sudan by its northern rival on Monday, after northern President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) ordered the aerial bombardment of a market and an oil field.
The UN Security Council will vote Saturday on whether to expand the number of UN ceasefire observers in Syria from 30 to 300 and let Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon decide on their deployment.
With the ceasefire being violated on a daily basis, is the UN peace plan for Syria ready for the rubbish bin? Douglas Herbert asks Kofi Annan’s top deputy, Nasser Al-Qudwa, whether his six-point strategy for ending 13 months of bloodshed has any hope.
An advance team of UN observers led by Moroccan Colonel Ahmed Himmiche (pictured) is in Syria to monitor a ceasefire. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Damascus to grant the mission free access and said Syria is responsible for the team's safety.
An advance team of UN monitors said Tuesday that they face a tough task in implementing a Syrian ceasefire declared six days ago amid continuing reports of violence. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that Damascus is responsible for the team's safety.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Monday for Syria to show "maximum restraint" and to allow a UN observer mission full access, adding that Damascus was responsible for the safety of the mission as an assault on the rebel bastion of Homs continued.
