http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2012, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41200&Cr=syria&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The General Assembly will meet on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, where the death toll keeps rising as Government forces continue their bloody crackdown against a pro-democracy uprising. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41206&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process today called on Israel to do everything in its power to preserve the health of a Palestinian detainee who is on a hunger strike and to resolve the case. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41184&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST After another day of deadly violence in Syria, a senior United Nations official today added her voice to calls on the country's Government to stop the killing and maiming of children. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41172&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The United Nations and the League of Arab States are considering sending a joint observer mission to Syria to try to end the crisis engulfing the Middle East country, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning today that recent attacks against civilians in the city of Homs were "a grim harbinger of worse to come." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41181&Cr=palestin&Cr1= Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser today called on countries to throw their support behind a United Nations housing programme for Palestinians, stressing that it will enhance not only their living conditions but also prospects for peace in the region. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41157&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST UNICEF today sounded the alarm about the plight of children caught up in the bloodshed in Syria, where nearly 11 months of violence have led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of young people. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41145&Cr=Palestin&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call for progress in the Middle East peace process, citing the toll taken on the economy and lives of the Palestinians by the ongoing Israeli occupation. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41153&Cr=syria&Cr1= Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the escalating violence in Syria today, calling on President Bashar al-Assad's Government to immediately cease all hostilities against the country's civilian population. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41144&Cr=Syria&Cr1= Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced deep regret after Security Council members were today unable to agree on a resolution backing an Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, where thousands of people have been killed over the past year since authorities crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41114&Cr=yemen&Cr1= Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST The top United Nations humanitarian official voiced relief today that seven aid workers abducted earlier this week in Yemen have now all been released unharmed.