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Surya P. Subedi, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia.

Preliminary results Monday from the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh indicate the ruling Awami League has won the elections, although the outcome was never in doubt because the main opposition party boycotted the poll. Opposition protesters torched polling stations and destroyed ballots as violence across the country left at least 18 people dead.

A military escort from the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in December 2013.

A U.S. gun manufacturer has turned down a multi-million dollar opportunity to sell arms to Pakistan, citing concerns the weapons would be used against American soldiers.

Displaced families in the Central African Republic (CAR) seek shelter at the Bangui airport fearing further attacks.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

Some 39 peacekeepers from the UNMISS Mongolian Battalion based in Rumbek, South Sudan, arrived in Bentiu on 30 December 2013 to reinforce UN presence in Unity state.

South Sudan's army continues to battle rebel forces, even as negotiators from the warring sides came together for talks aimed at ending the violence that has pushed the world's newest country toward civil war.

A striking garment worker gestures in Phnom Penh, Jan. 2, 2014.

The operation to remove and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons continues to be delayed by security problems and bad weather. Several countries have sent warships to escort the weapons offshore - but the shipments have yet to reach the Syrian coast. However, officials involved in the operation insist the overall operation is still on track.