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October 6, 2012
12:48 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 24 (photo credit: AP/David Karp)

Sanctions are harming Iranian citizens, UN chief warns

Ban Ki-moon cites unemployment, inflation, lack of medicines as products of measures meant to thwart nuclear program, also slams regime’s human rights abuses

By Ron DePasquale

October 2, 2012
8:36 am

Walid Moallem, foreign minister of Syria, addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, October 1, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

While Israel was focused on Iran, the rest of the world talked about Syria

Crisis surrounding Assad’s regime was the priority at the UN General Assembly

By Ron DePasquale

September 25, 2012
1:32 am

Lakhdar Brahimi, center, joint special representative for Syria, arrives at closed door consultations regarding the situation in Syria at the Security Council at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (David Karp/AP)

Syria war is threatening the region, UN envoy says

No prospect of a quick end to the fighting, Lakhdar Brahimi tells UN Security Council

By David Stringer and Ron DePasquale

August 10, 2012
2:09 am

Algerian diplomat may replace Annan as Syria envoy

Lakhdar Brahimi expected to be named UN-Arab League special envoy for Syria

By Ron DePasquale