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UN General Assembly grants upgraded status for Palestine

The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinians status at the United ...

UN chief calls for end to brutality against women

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday emphasized the importance of stopping brutality against women, saying ...

US clashes with France over Palestinians

The United States publicly disagreed with France, one of its closest allies, on Tuesday, after Paris said it would ...

ASEAN to manage uncertainty in South China Sea

The upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in Phnom Penh from November 15 ...

UN General Assembly urges end to US. embargo on Cuba

The UN General Assembly ( UNGA) on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to condemn the U.S. blockade of Cuba, ...

Abbas: I did not give up on the right of return

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has denied giving up on the refugees` right of return, saying remarks about not ...

Indonesia expected to maintain peace in South China Sea

Indonesia, as the largest Southeast Asian country, is expected to continue playing its role as mediator in the dispute ...

Washing hands seen as cheapest, easiest way to save lives

Indonesia, together with around 70 other countries celebrated the fifth Global Handwashing Day on Monday (October 15) ...

Indonesia striving to be more child-friendly

Around 30 percent or 83 million of Indonesia`s total population of 245 million people are children who are considered ...

Indonesia to prepare road map for international protocol on blasphemy

Indonesia will develop a road map for an international protocol on religious defamation, as earlier proposed by ...

Stop Abusing Freedom of Speech And Drop Double Standards

Although it was not for the first time that the United Nations General Assembly debated on the issue of religious ...

Egyptian president invited to Bali Democracy Forum

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has invited his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsy, to attend the Bali ...

Security and peace key for nation building

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphasized that development process of a nation could not work well ...

Indonesia calls for reform of UN Security Council

Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono has reiterated the call for the reform of the United Nations (UN) Security ...

President Yudhoyono arrives in New York

President Susilo Yudhoyono arrived in New York on Sunday morning to attend the 67th session of the UN General Assembly ...