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Ban calls on Member States to press ahead with efforts to realize AIDS-free world

10 June 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States to press ahead with efforts to realize the vision of a world free of AIDS, as the United Nations General Assembly met to consider progress in the global struggle against the epidemic.

DR Congo: Senior UN officials relay hopes for latest Great Lakes peace effort

04 June 2013 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is placing a great deal of hope on the latest peace agreement, a senior United Nations official today said, following her visit to the region to keep a global spotlight on the complex and protracted humanitarian emergency in the African country.

Barring women from presidential office in Iran a serious rights violation, UN experts say

29 May 2013 – A group of United Nations experts today warned that measures preventing women and other citizens from running for presidential office in Iran constitute a serious violation of rights guaranteed by international law.

UN rights chief warns Egypt at risk of drifting away from ideals that ignited revolution

08 May 2013 – Expressing concern about key legislative measures being considered by Egyptian authorities, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the Government to take steps to ensure it does not drift further away from the ideals that drove the 2011 revolution in the country.