Council needs to build on the ‘big momentum’ created by events in New York

MSF says its hospital in Liberian capital can only open for 30 minutes a day due to demand

Navi Pillay says narrow national interests being put ahead of intolerable human suffering

Decision made after rocket fired from Gaza lands near Israel's Ben-Gurion airport

Security Council to consider ‘appropriate measures’ against Boko Haram

12,000 troops authorised by Security Council in effort to prevent genocide

Russia’s foreign minister says rival sides have promised to start direct talks on Friday

Leaders warned they may be held to account over deaths as fears of ethnic killings increase

Investigators say deadly nerve agent sarin was likely used in four incidents

International peace conference will aim to bring end country’s civil war

UN secretary general evokes Ireland’s longstanding history of emigration

Russia warns US military action would probably derail plans for talks resumption

Foreign minister Wang Yi urges restraint before completion of chemical weapons inquiry

Team to visit three sites where it is suspected the weapons were used during ongoing civil war

Agreement on critical issue of agrarian reform seen as a major step forward

Move prompts speculation that nuclear test might be imminent

Nuclear conflict would make Chernobyl seem like a fairytale, says Putin

Statement from Pyongyang threatens a “merciless attack” over hostile US policy

Ban Ki-moon says use would constitute a ‘crime against humanity’