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Ban heads to Russia and Ukraine amid rising tensions; Security Council briefed on latest events

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) leaving UN Headquarters and heading to Russia and Ukraine.

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Security Council imposes sanctions on illicit crude oil exports from Libya

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Oil pumps.

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Central African Republic: ACP-EU Assembly calls on UN to beef up peace-keeping efforts

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Louis MICHEL-ACP-EU President and Fitz A.JACKSON -ACP-EU Co-President.

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‘Compassion does not suffice’ UN rights panel says, urging immediate end to bloodshed in Syria

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Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, at a press conference after...

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