A U.N.spokesman expressed concern about reports that government shelling has killed civilians.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The U.N.High Commissioner, Navi Pillay, expresses particular concern about the actions of the National Congress for the Defense of the People militia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Other U.N. agencies have expressed strong concern about the humanitarian situation for the displaced in places like Rakhine state and central Myanmar.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's office issued a statement Thursday expressing "grave concern" about the incident, but said U.N. officials lacked details about exactly what had happened.

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He expressed concern about the effort to reset relations with Russia, noting Moscow backed Syria at the U.N.

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