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In Copenhagen, Ban calls for clean energy transformation for more sustainable future

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark....

Renewed talks offer opportunity neither Israelis nor Palestinians can afford to lose – UN official

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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on...

Security Council: UN envoys urge resumption of talks between DR Congo, rebels

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A wide view of the Security Council as it met to consider the situation in the Democratic Republic of the...

Abyei Residents Consider Unilateral Referendum, Says South Sudan Diplomat

South Sudan’s Foreign Minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said residents of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region are restless and contemplating holding a referendum to determine whether to remain in Sudan or return to South Sudan.