November 1, 2016 UN chief fires general in South Sudan after harsh report on military Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fired the commander of the peacekeeping force in South Sudan on Tuesday after an independent investigation sharply criticized the military response to deadly attacks in July on a UN compound housing 27,000 displaced people.
October 13, 2016 Portuguese ex-PM elected next UN secretary-general The 193 United Nations member states of the General Assembly on Thursday elected Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next secretary-general of the UN.
October 6, 2016 Portuguese ex-PM formally approved by Security Council to lead UN Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally approved on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces "huge challenges" and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term.
October 5, 2016 Portugal's ex-PM poised to become next UN Secretary-General The Security Council unanimously agreed Wednesday that Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres should be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
September 15, 2016 UN chief demands urgent response to stop North Korea's 'provocative actions' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he has never seen tensions on the Korean peninsula as high as they are today and he called on the Security Council to take urgent action to prevent "provocative actions" by North Korea.
December 12, 2015 Israel rips UN for saying it cannot confirm 3 missing teens were abducted Israel’s mission to the UN condemned the statement, calling the UN hypocritical in a video posted on YouTube Thursday.
December 10, 2015 Pope hopes to visit three US cities in 2015 Pope Francis has confirmed he wants to go to the United States next year and is considering a three-city trip in September 2015.
December 8, 2015 UN chief says North Korea withdraws invitation to visit industrial park U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that North Korea had withdrawn an invitation to visit a factory park in the country, a day after he announced he would travel to the last major cooperation project between the rival Koreas.
December 4, 2015 UN Twilight Zone: Top Ban Ki-moon adviser invisible on payroll The man who is perhaps United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's closest American advisor and his top strategic planner, apparently exists only as a ghost in the U.N.'s payroll system.
December 3, 2015 Millions of Syrians desperately need aid, UN says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says almost 3.5 million civilians in Syria have virtually no access to desperately needed humanitarian aid and people are dying needlessly every day as violence and extremism escalate.
