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General Assembly condemns coup in Honduras

Secretary-General to visit Myanmar later this week

Spiraling violence claims hundreds of lives in Somalia – UN refugee agency

Upcoming hearings enable victims to speak directly to UN Gaza rights probe

Top officials converge at UN to tackle global economic crisis

Ban urges end to arrests, use of force amid post-election violence in Iran

Independent probe into Bhutto killing to begin work on 1 July, UN announces

Number of world's hungry to top 1 billion this year – UN food agency

UN rights experts press Myanmar to give Aung San Suu Kyi fair trial

Haiti has best chance in decades for development – UN envoy Bill Clinton

Russia vetoes extension of UN mission in Georgia

Tougher UN sanctions on DPR Korea send ‘clear and strong’ message – Ban

World facing global A(H1N1) flu pandemic, announces UN health agency

Security Council condemns recent spate of political killings in Guinea-Bissau

Civilian casualties in Sri Lanka conflict ‘unacceptably high’ – Ban