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Security Council President, Ambassador Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan.

Secretary Geneneral Ban Ki-moon briefs the press at UN Headquarters.

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A 15-year-old boy in Pakistan is being hailed as a hero for sacrificing his life this week while trying to stop a suicide bomber from targeting his school.

South China Sea Dispute Map

Civilians fleeing the fighting and seeking refuge, wait outside a compound of the UN Mission in Bor (December 2013).

Weapons stored prior to destruction.

Peace talks between rebels in South Sudan and the government appeared to have stalled late Wednesday, with rebels saying there will be no truce until President Salva Kiir reverses himself and frees 11 jailed pro-rebel leaders.

Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons programme Sigrid Kaag.

International aid agencies are trying to distribute food aid and other assistance to an estimated 100,000 displaced people living in makeshift tents at the airport in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. Most of the people camping next to the French army base at Bangui airport fled there in early December to escape an outbreak of deadly communal violence.

Egypt is scheduled to resume the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on charges of inciting murder and violence against anti-government protesters in 2012.