UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria and accuses Damascus of stepping up “war on its own people”.

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Arab Syria mission ‘may resume’

The UN office for Somalia is moving to Mogadishu from Nairobi, Ban Ki-moon announces on a rare visit to the Somali capital.

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UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday formally presented U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon an application for Palestinian membership as a state in the United Nations, setting the stage for the certain defeat of the measure in the U.N. Security Council, where the United States has threatened to block it. Read full article > >

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Palestinians submit statehood bid to U.N.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told UN chief Ban Ki-moon that military operations against protesters have stopped, a UN official says.

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Assad says army assault ‘stopped’

Ban Ki-moon puts himself forward for a second term in office as Secretary General of the United Nations.

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UN chief to stand for second term

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the “deplorable” violence in Nigeria that left at least 38 dead over Christmas.

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UN chief condemns Nigeria clashes

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon rejects a call from incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after the disputed presidential poll.

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UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout

A human rights group criticises UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for failing to discuss human rights at talks with China’s President Hu Jintao.

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UN chief’s China stance attacked

Burma’s upcoming election will not be credible without the release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says.

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UN head backs Burma election call

UN chief Ban Ki-moon thanks Rwanda for dropping its threat to withdraw peacekeepers from Darfur in response to a leaked report accusing its troops of genocide.

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UN relief at Rwanda peacekeepers

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to violence in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Kashmir protesters "just want freedom"

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announces a $40bn (25.5bn) initiative to save the lives of 16 million women and children over the next five years.

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UN opens $40bn female health plan

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says global targets to reduce poverty and hunger by 2015 can still be met, as world leaders gather for a summit in New York.

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UN millennium goals ‘can be met’

Rwanda says it will express its outrage to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about being accused of possible genocide in a UN report.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described as “heart-wrenching” the destruction he witnessed on a visit to flood-devastated Pakistan.

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UN chief shocked by Pakistan flooding