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The government of Southern Sudan, an autonomous region in Sudan , will join the United Nations in probing alleged sex crimes committed by international peacekeepers against at least twenty Sudanese children in Juba, according to...

The executions of two Saddam Hussein co-defendants, former chief judge of Iraq's Hussein-era Revolutionary Court Awad Hamed al-Bandar and former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al Tikriti , have been postponed....

New UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that resolving the crisis in Darfur was "very high" on his agenda and would be one of his top priorities. Ban, whose tenure as secretary-general officially...

The UN General Assembly held a ceremony Thursday to administer the oath of office to new UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon . Ban, appointed to the position in October, will succeed Kofi Annan...

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday urged the US not to abandon "its own ideals and objectives" in the war against terrorism, stressing that "human rights and the rule of law are vital to global security...

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide in a speech marking International Human Rights Day . Annan on Friday acknowledged that the UN has often...

The United Nations General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as the next UN secretary-general on Friday. Ban, a career diplomat, is set to succeed Kofi Annan when the...

The UN Security Council Monday nominated Ban Ki-Moon , the current South Korean Foreign Minister, to succeed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan when Annan's term ends in January. Ban won the Council's nomination after four...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, South Korea has nominated its Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as a candidate for the office of the UN Secretary-General . The office, currently held by Kofi Annan is up for...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said that North Korea would consider returning to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the US stops threatening the country, a Russian envoy who recently met with Kim said...