UN envoy calls for de-escalation of tensions and violence in Jerusalem
Jul 21, 2017, at 05:05 am
New York, July 20(Just Earth News): Expressing deep concern over a surge in tensions and violence around the holy esplanade of Jerusalem's Old City, the United Nations envoy on Middle East peace Thursday called for de-escalation of the situation.
Ban 'deeply concerned' over tensions in south-western Western Sahara
Aug 29, 2016, at 12:36 pm
New York, Aug 29 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned over the tense situation that has developed in the narrow buffer strip in south-western Western Sahara between the Moroccan berm and the Mauritanian border as a result of changes in the status quo and the introduction of armed units from Morocco and the Polisario Front in close proximity to each other.
Ban to dispatch top political aide to Ukraine
May 03, 2014, at 05:18 pm
New York, May 3 (IBNS): As the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened its second urgent session this week on the situation in Ukraine, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his grave concern over the rising tensions in the country's east and south, particularly events in the crisis-gripped city of Slovyansk, where two Ukrainian military helicopters were shot down overnight and a group of European observes captured on 26 April remains in detention.