Europe

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos of Greece.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Prospects for Cyprus settlement among issues raised in Ban’s talks with Greek official

21 February 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Greece’s Foreign Minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, discussed prospects for a settlement in Cyprus, as well as resolving the “name” dispute with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, during their meeting today in New York.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN rights chief urges action in disputed areas with first report on Transnistrian region

14 February 2013
Human rights transcend borders and abuses require swift and effective action, a top United Nations official said today, following the first published report on the situation in the politically unrecognized Transnistrian region.
Doctors look at an X-ray.
WHO

UN health agency confirms 10th case of Novel Coronavirus infection

12 February 2013
The United Nations health agency today confirmed the latest case of Novel Coronavirus, bringing to 10 the total number of cases detected globally of this rare illness.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), Ambassador Vitaly Churkin of Russia (left) and General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić kick off countdown to Sochi Winter Olympics.
UN Photo/Nkola Krastev

With one year to go, Ban helps kick off countdown to Sochi Winter Olympics

8 February 2013
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon helped to kick off the one-year countdown to next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi – the first Games to ever be hosted by the Russian Federation.
The Security Council.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Security Council strongly condemns 'heinous' attack on US embassy in Turkey

1 February 2013
The Security Council today strongly condemned the terrorist attack against the United States embassy in Ankara, Turkey, which resulted in one death and several injuries.