Asia Pacific

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien during a visit to Afghanistan on 7 September 2016.
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Afghanistan: UN aid chief calls for scaled-up support to one million people on the move

7 September 2016
Seeking $150 million for aid efforts in Afghanistan, the top United Nations relief official today called on the international community to urgently scale up its support for the war-torn country so that it can meet the rising humanitarian needs of more than one million people who are on the move, either internally displaced or returning from neighbouring countries.
Leprosy patients wait for a checkup at a local hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.
IRIN/Naresh Newar

UN and south-east Asian health officials re-affirm commitment to ending neglected tropical diseases

6 September 2016
Health ministers in south-east Asia today reaffirmed their commitment to achieve the target of controlling, eliminating and eradicating neglected tropical diseases (NTDS), with the United Nations health agency voicing its support for their efforts.
Wide view of the Security Council Chamber.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe (file)

UN Security Council condemns latest DPRK missile launches, notes ‘flagrant disregard’ for previous statements

6 September 2016
The United Nations Security Council today condemned the ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday, 5 September.
Children play in the rubble of a school that was destroyed by arson in Yala.
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UNICEF deeply concerned about impact of unrest in southern Thai provinces on children

6 September 2016
The top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in Thailand has expressed deep concerns over the continuing violence in the country’s restive southernmost provinces and its impact on children, including an explosion that killed a four-year-old girl and her father today.
OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
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UN human rights office 'deeply worried' about situation in Cambodia

6 September 2016
Expressing concern over recent incidents of intimidation of opposition politicians and their supporters, civil society, and peaceful demonstrators in Cambodia, the United Nations human rights arm has called on the authorities there to create an environment that is conducive to the enjoyment of human rights.
Leaders attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, pose for a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony on 4 September 2016.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ahead of G20 opening, Ban stresses 'far-reaching' impacts of early climate action, urges unity on Global Goals

4 September 2016
At a G20 summit in the southeastern city of Hangzhou in China, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the conference's focus on sustainable development and climate change, urging all countries to take early action on these.
A member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at a checkpoint on the streets of Cotabato.
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UN condemns bomb attack on night market in Philippines

4 September 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Friday's bomb attack on a night market in Davao City in the Philippines that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, his spokesman said today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met several times with Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Here they are pictured in September of 2010.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Ban saddened by death of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov, pays tribute peace and security efforts

2 September 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is saddened to learn of the death of President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, according to the UN chief’s spokesperson.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses event in Sri Lanka on “Sustaining Peace – Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.”
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In first visit to Sri Lanka since end of war, Ban flags role of human rights and sustainable development on path to stability

2 September 2016
In his first visit to Sri Lanka since the end of its civil war seven years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the country’s steps towards peace and reconciliation, while also highlighting the importance of and need for more progress with human rights and sustainable development for that progress.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

UN Secretary-General condemns deadly terrorist attacks in northern Pakistan

2 September 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned two separate terrorist attacks which took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, reportedly targeting a Christian neighbourhood and a district court, according to his spokesperson.