• Georgian Foreign Minister holds meetings in U.S.  

    4 June 2013, 13:37 (GMT+05:00)

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Maia Pandzhikidze is on a visit to the United States. As reported on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the minister met with representatives of various countries at the UN headquarters to support a resolution on Georgia which includes the right for the return of refugees to their homes in Georgia’s breakaway territories.

  • UN Security Council blacklists Syrian rebel group al-Nusra 

    1 June 2013, 07:19 (GMT+05:00)

    The UN Security Council placed sanctions on the al-Nusra Front, a rebel group in Syria, because of the organization's links to al-Qaeda, a spokesman for the Australian mission to the United Nations said Friday, dpa reported.

  • Turkmen delegation discusses situation in Afghanistan with UN special representative  

    29 May 2013, 19:22 (GMT+05:00)

    A Turkmen delegation recently visited Kabul. It discussed priority issues of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations, including the assistance rendered to Afghanistan with the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Jan Kubis, the local press said on Tuesday.

  • Minister: Azerbaijan is regional leader in terms of holding significant events (PHOTOS)  

    29 May 2013, 14:15 (GMT+05:00)

    Azerbaijan can be considered as a regional leader in terms of holding significant and important events in the country, the Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev said on Wednesday at a meeting with the High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilisations Nasir Abdul Aziz Al-Nasser in Baku.

  • UN rights body mulls resolution on al-Kussair killings 

    28 May 2013, 20:37 (GMT+05:00)

    The UN human rights council is considering a resolution put forward by the United States, Turkey and Qatar to censure the Syrian regime for attacking civilians in the besieged town of al-Kussair, dpa reported.

  • UN-linked office to resume work days after attack in Afghanistan 

    26 May 2013, 18:55 (GMT+05:00)

    Regular operations at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Kabul, which bore the brunt of a Taliban attack this weekend, will resume at the start of the week, the group announced Sunday, dpa reported.

  • Taliban assault on a Kabul UN building ends after 10 hours (UPDATE) 

    25 May 2013, 03:18 (GMT+05:00)

    A Taliban attack on a UN building in Kabul ended after a fierce 10-hour gunbattle, police said early Saturday, dpa reported.

  • Several injured as Taliban storm UN office in Kabul 

    25 May 2013, 00:59 (GMT+05:00)

    Taliban insurgents stormed a United Nations building in Kabul on Friday, prompting an hours-long battle with Afghan troops that left at least four attackers dead and several foreigners injured.

  • UN calls on Syria to let chemical weapons inspectors in 

    17 May 2013, 16:03 (GMT+05:00)

    United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has voiced disappointment about Syria's refusal to let UN inspectors enter the country to check reports about the use of chemical weapons, dpa reported.

  • Road accidents kill nearly 1.3 million people every year 

    17 May 2013, 10:58 (GMT+05:00)

    Road accidents kill nearly 1.3 million people every year. They leave millions more injured or permanently disabled, placing a heavy economic burden on families and countries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message on the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day marked on May 17.

  • President Ilham Aliyev meets UNIDO Director General (PHOTO) 

    14 May 2013, 20:43 (GMT+05:00)

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Kandeh Yumkella, Azertag reported.