UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is "extremely concerned" about the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and urged an extension of a recently ended truce. Visit this link to read more: UN chief calls for immediate halt to violence in Gaza

The time is not right to send United Nations peacekeepers to Somalia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. Visit this link to read more: UN chief rules out Somalia force

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praises the Indian leadership for its endurance and courageous handling of the situation arising out of the Mumbai terror attacks. Visit this link to read more: Ban praises Indian leadership for handling Mumbai attacks

Ban Ki-Moon says the UN can do little to help Zimbabwe because of its leaders' intransigence over outside mediation. Visit this link to read more: UN chief deplores Mugabe position

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar Assad asking for documentation proving that the Shebaa Farms are Lebanese, but has received no response, a senior UN official in Lebanon has said. Michael Williams, UN special coordinator for Lebanon, said in an interview. Visit this link to read more: Syria 'ignoring' UN chief's requests on Shebaa Farms

As ministers begin climate change talks, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon calls for "new global solidarity" on the issue. Visit this link to read more: World needs 'climate revolution'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the world against backsliding in the fight against climate change as it tackles the global financial crisis. Visit this link to read more: UN's Ban: invest in fighting climate change

A group of Iranian doctors sent a letter on Saturday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemning the inhuman crimes of the Zionist regime and urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to immediately ship medicine and foodstuffs to the occupied territory which is on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe. Visit this link to read more: Iranian doctors denounce crimes in Gaza

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said there is "growing frustration" around the world with Myanmar's ruling generals. Visit this link to read more: World frustrated with Myanmar: UN

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he may visit Burma, but rejects calls from former world leaders to go there now. Visit this link to read more: UN boss rejects Burma visit plea

Zimbabwe declares a national emergency over a cholera epidemic as Ban Ki-moon appeals for control of the spread of the deadly disease. Visit this link to read more: Zimbabwe has cholera emergency

NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday spoke to President Asif Ali Zardari over telephone and talked on the Mumbai attacks.

Ban Visit this link to read more: Tele-communication between Ban Ki-moon and Zardari on Mumbai attacks

The new report from the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will most likely be released on Tuesday, while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's office began distributing the report on Monday to UN Security Council members, a UN official told The Daily Star. Visit this link to read more: Security Council states receive report on probe into Hariri assassination

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and all member nations, Pakistan's Ambassador to the world body Abdullah Hussain Haroon has said, building up circumstantial evidence has resulted in some of the costliest mistakes by mankind, the latest example being the US intervention in Iraq. Visit this link to read more: Mumbai attacks: Pakistan pleads not guilty

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora met with UN chief Ban Ki-moon in Doha on Sunday to discuss recent developments on the Special Tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The talks took place on the sidelines of the International Conference on Financing for Development in the Qatari capital. Visit this link to read more: Siniora thanks Ban for progress on Hariri tribunal

UN secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World AIDS Day 2008 while saying that AIDS is still one of the top ten causes of death worldwide called on all people to take action to create a future without AIDS. Visit this link to read more: AIDS is still one of the top ten causes of death worldwide

DOHA: Developing countries need "modest" sums in aid, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday, as aid agencies criticised the absence of most Visit this link to read more: UN''s Ban urges world to think big on global crises

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has issued a statement, condemning the coordinated terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. Visit this link to read more: UN condemns Mumbai terror attacks

According to press reports, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will set March as the deadline for work to begin at the Hariri tribunal. The latest extension will be referred to as "technical" by the Security Council, an insincere notion concealing the fact that in the past three years, from one extension to the next. Visit this link to read more: Is the UN leading the Lebanese on?

UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks that killed at least 87 people in Mumbai on Wednesday and called for the perp Visit this link to read more: U.N. Secretary General Ban condemns Mumbai attacks

The intensification of violent rhetoric between Israel and Lebanon was to be discussed Wednesday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on UN chief Ban Ki-moon's most recent report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701, a UN spokesman has said. Visit this link to read more: Israel-Hizbullah saber rattling raises UN concerns

The UN confirmed that it has received a letter from the Congolese Government asking its chief Ban Ki-moon not to send troops from the country whose peacekeepers were involved in numerous abuses. Visit this link to read more: Congo rejects Indian troops: writes letter to UN chief

The Congolese government has written to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asking him not to send any more Indian troops to reinforce its peacekeeping mission, according to a letter read to the news agency. Visit this link to read more: Congo wants no more Indian troops

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon called on Zimbabwe's politicians to quickly strike a power-sharing deal to address difficulties plaguing the country, faced with a serious humanitarian and health crisis. Visit this link to read more: UN chief calls for unity deal in crisis-plagued Zimbabwe

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an independent inquiry into the shooting death of a Congolese radio journalist and said the killing underlined the risks of covering news in the country's restive east. Visit this link to read more: Ban Ki-moon calls for inquiry into shooting of Congolese journalist

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over the US cross-border attacks on suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda targets inside Pakistan. Visit this link to read more: UN concerned over US strikes in Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his call for an end to the Israeli blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip, regretting that his Visit this link to read more: Ban Ki-mooon urges end to Gaza blockade

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for efforts to determine the fate of four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon 26 years ago. Visit this link to read more: 'UN ready to help free Iran diplomats'

WASHINGTON: US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday telephoned UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plus the presidents of Colombia, Nigeria, Senegal an Visit this link to read more: Obama talks with UN chief plus Colombian, African leaders

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has dismissed a BBC report that he has sent a letter on the situation of the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO). Visit this link to read more: 'UN chief wrote no letter on MKO'