U.N. hopes chemical arms team deploys to Syria soon

Published on March 27, 2013

The United Nations hopes that a team investigating allegations about the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war will deploy to the country as early as next week, U.N. diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

International Women’s Day 2013: What You Can Do!

By Maya Paley
Published on March 8, 2013

Syria rebels want troop pullback before they free U.N. men

Published on March 7, 2013

Rebels holding 21 U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights in southern Syria say government forces must leave the area before they free their "guests", an activist in touch with the fighters said on Thursday.

Erdogan at UN forum: Zionism is ‘crime against humanity’ [VIDEO]

Published on February 28, 2013

Amid rampant hate speech against Jews published in newspapers in Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said at a United Nations meeting that anti-Semitism, Zionism and Islamophobia were all “crimes against humanity.”

By the numbers: Rising Syrian death toll, refugee wave

Published on January 30, 2013

Here is a look at the rising human cost of Syria's civil war as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announced on Wednesday that international donors had pledged more than $1.5 billion to aid displaced Syrians, meeting a U.N. target.

Near silence after Stevie Wonder cancels FIDF performance

By Danielle Berrin
Published on December 4, 2012

Syria violating agreement with Israel, Ban tells U.N. Security Council

Published on December 4, 2012

The Syrian government is violating a 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

Palestinians warn Israel must be held accountable over settlements

Published on December 4, 2012

The Palestinians accused Israel in a letter to the United Nations of planning to commit further "war crimes" by expanding Jewish settlements after the Palestinians won de facto U.N. recognition of statehood and warned that Jerusalem must be held accountable.

Netanyahu: No Palestinian state until negotiations, despite U.N. vote

Published on November 29, 2012

The Palestinians will not achieve a state without first recognizing Israel as a Jewish State and sitting down to direct negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Ban at interfaith meeting in Vienna offers hopes for lasting cease-fire

Published on November 28, 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a meeting promoting interfaith dialogue said he hoped the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza would hold.

A year after signing power transfer deal, Yemenis divided over government’s performance

Published on November 28, 2012

Last week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani visited Yemen to mark the first anniversary of the deal that saw former President Ali Abdullah Saleh relinquish power to his longtime deputy, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Israel, Hamas teams in Cairo for more truce talks

Published on November 26, 2012

Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

With cease-fire talks proceeding, Israel reportedly holding off on ground invasion

Published on November 20, 2012

Israel reportedly has held off on a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in order to give cease-fire talks a chance to work.

More diplomacy to try to halt Israel-Gaza fighting

Published on November 18, 2012

Hostilities between Islamist militants and Israel entered a sixth day on Monday as diplomatic efforts were set to intensify to try to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon urges end to “dangerous escalation” in Gaza

Published on November 16, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on Israel and Hamas to "stop this dangerous escalation" in the Gaza Strip to avoid further bloodshed in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Ban's spokesman said.

U.N. Security Council calls emergency session on Israel raids

Published on November 14, 2012

The U.N. Security Council will hold a closed emergency meeting on Wednesday night to discuss Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip as Israel threatened a wider offensive in the Palestinian enclave to stem rocket salvoes by Hamas militants.

Barak: Current episode with Gaza ‘not over’

Published on November 13, 2012

Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the current episode of rocket fire from Gaza is not over, during a visit to the border with Gaza.

Air strikes, car bombs wreck last day of Syrian ‘truce’

Published on October 29, 2012

Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus on Monday in what residents said were the capital's fiercest air raids yet, at the end of what was supposed to be a four-day truce.

My country is under attack. Do you care?

Published on October 26, 2012

I'm angry. You see, as most Americans were waking up this morning, and those in Europe and elsewhere around the world were going about their daily routines, here in Israel -- over one million people were running for cover from a hail of rockets being rained down by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.

Israel goes to U.N. in effort to halt Gaza-bound ship

Published on October 18, 2012

Israel asked the United Nations to stop a Swedish-owned ship carrying human rights activists from attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

Turkish president says ‘worst case’ unfolding in Syria

Published on October 8, 2012

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Monday the "worst-case scenarios" were now playing out in Syria and Turkey would do everything necessary to protect itself, as its army fired back for a sixth day after a shell from Syria flew over the border.

August 30, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 30, 2012

U.S., Israel, Jewish groups apprehensive about Iran-hosted non-aligned summit

Published on August 23, 2012

As Iran gets set to host the Non-Aligned Movement triennial summit, Israel, the United States and a number of Jewish groups are worried that what happens in Tehran won't stay there.

Australian Foreign Minister tells Tehran delegates to walk out if anti-Semtism

Published on August 23, 2012

Jewish community leaders in Australia are angry that the government is sending delegates to a summit in Iran, though they have been instructed to walk out at the first sign of "anti-Semitic rhetoric."

U.N. chief defies U.S., Israel; plans trip to Tehran

Published on August 22, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations in Tehran next week, defying calls from the United States and Israel to boycott the event, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday.

Ban Ki-moon pleads for arms pact, Palestinians demand seat

Published on July 3, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded on Tuesday for a binding pact to regulate the more than $60 billion global weapons market, while delegates at a treaty drafting conference worked to defuse a dispute over Palestinian participation.

U.N.‘s Ban Ki-moon says bold steps needed to stop Syrian violence

Published on June 1, 2012

The escalating violence in Syria shows the urgent need for the international community to take bolder steps, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a news conference in Istanbul on Friday.

Ban says ‘time running out’ for Israel, Palestinian talks

Published on February 2, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday Israel and the Palestinians were running out of time to solve their conflict and ought to give "highest priority" to resuming stalled peace talks.

Palestinians throw shoes at U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon

Published on February 2, 2012

Gaza Palestinians threw slippers or shoes and rocks at a car carrying United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon as he crossed from Israel into the Gaza Strip.

Ban Ki-moon calls on Israel to make gestures for peace

Published on February 1, 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to make some positive moves toward the Palestinians in order to bring them back to the negotiating table.

U.N.‘s Ban tells Netanyahu to release PA funds

Published on November 23, 2011

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hand over tax monies collected for the Palestinian Authority.

UN Chief urges Egypt to allow peaceful protest

Published on November 21, 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Monday about violence in Egypt and called on authorities to guarantee the right to peaceful protest.

U.N. warns against force in Iran nuclear standoff

Published on November 10, 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff with Tehran in an apparent reaction to media speculation that Israel might attack Iran's atomic facilities.

UN’S Ban sees peace process boost from Shalit deal

Published on October 18, 2011

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that he expected the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner exchange to boost prospects for the wider peace process.

World leaders decry OK for eastern Jerusalem housing

Published on August 8, 2011

The head of the United Nations and a key European Union official denounced Israel's approval of new housing in an eastern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood.

U.N. human rights chief Pillay must be held accountable

Published on March 8, 2011

The favorite word of Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, appears to be “accountability.” Yet with her own agency tainted by its longtime disregard of Libyan human rights violations -- and by apologists for Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi occupying key U.N. positions -- it’s high time for the high commissioner to prove that accountability begins at home.

Ban Ki-moon at N.Y. synagogue remembers Holocaust victims

Published on January 24, 2011

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the Holocaust "the darkest chapter in history" at a synagogue service remembering the victims. Ban wore a kipah during the Jan. 20 service at Park East Synagogue in New York City. "We can never tolerate anybody who denies the Holocaust," Ban said in his comments, calling the Holocaust "the darkest chapter in history," according to the French news agency AFP.

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Groups hope new U.N. Secretary General will be fairer toward Israel than Kofi Annan

By Ben Harris
Published on October 19, 2006

Jewish officials are greeting the selection of Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general with cautious optimism.