Dismayed by developments over a Syria peace conference slated for Montreux, Switzerland later this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon decided Monday the meet would proceed without Iran despite his earlier invitation to Tehran, Xinhua reported. A turmoil erupted after Iran, a major backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was invited Sunday to the Montreux meeting, […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday held meetings with Iraqi leaders and urged them to deal with the root cause of the violence in Anbar province. “I would urge the Iraqi leaders to address the root that causes the problem. They should ensure that nobody was left behind to reach a political cohesion, social cohesion […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to provide more political attention and resources to the world body as it faces an overflowing plate of conflicts and disasters. “The situations in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic have gone from bad to worse,” he said in his first news […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70. Ban called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second car bombing in less than a week, reported Xinhua citing […]