New York: The $2 billion appeal for aid for Pakistani flood victims, the largest-ever launched by the United Nations and its partners for a natural disaster, is just 34 per cent funded, and Secretary-General Ban …

New York: With nearly one billion people still suffering from food shortages around the globe, the world must take a united stand against hunger, the United Nations said today, marking World Food Day.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, concerned about the current political crisis in Pakistan, has called on the country’s leaders to engage in dialogue to resolve their differences. There is reportedly growing tension in the South Asian nation …

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Wednesday said the UN will assist Pakistan in tackling the challenges it is facing today. In a joint press conference with the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani here, …

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon will visit Islamabad later on February 4 to discuss a probe into former Premier, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. UN Investigation Commission to probe Bhutto’s death have been demanded by the Pakistani leaders …

ISLAMABAD: The international community including Pakistan has strongly condemned Wednesday’s terror attacks in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai, that have killed at least 80 people. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has condemned the attack …

UNITED NATIONS: In a new report released Friday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored that nations are duty-bound to protect human rights while countering terrorism. “Member States are bound to ensure respect for human rights and …

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the possibility of dispatching a United Nations fact-finding mission to Georgia, where nearly 160,000 people were uprooted by the conflict that rocked the Caucasus nation last month. “I have …

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Friday urged Afghanistan to establish cooperative relationship with Pakistan in order to defuse tension on the Pak-Afghan border. Addressing a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York …

UNITED NATIONS: Concluding the official leg of his US tour, Foreign Minister, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Thursday met the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The Afghan Ambassador to …