The UN chief Ban Ki-moon says that Islamist militants from al-Qaeda must be behind two recent devastating suicide car bomb attacks in Syria.

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Ban: Al-Qaeda behind Syria blasts

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns Sudan’s bombardment of a border area in an escalating dispute with South Sudan.

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UN chief condemns Sudan air raid

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations accused Syria of failing to carry out a peace plan, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at a NATO role.

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Syria Accused of Failing to Live Up to Peace Plan

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says South Sudan’s seizure of Heglig oil field in Sudan is illegal, and urges it to withdraw its forces immediately.

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South Sudan oil seizure ‘illegal’

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the situation in Syria remains “highly precarious”, as initial agreement is reached on the deployment of ceasefire observers.

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Syria precarious, warns UN’s Ban

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