Sources: UN
United Nations member states finalize the text of the High Seas Treaty, which aims to declare 30% of the world's oceans marine protected areas by 2030. 2023-03-4
A World Health Organization worker collecting coronavirus samples is killed after his United Nations–marked vehicle was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Both the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army rebels deny any involvement in the attack. 2020-04-21
The United Nations issues a report calling for an end to the nation's state of emergency, claiming it has been used to violate human rights. Turkey responds, calling the report "biased" and "unacceptable". 2018-03-20
A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. 2015-01-4
United Nations report says that Israeli settlements must be immediately withdrawn without preconditions, to comply with article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. 2013-01-31
Abyei is reported to have been taken under the control of soldiers from the North, with the United Nations confirming events. 2011-05-21
Thousands of people gather in front of the United Nations in New York City to support the anti-government protests. 2011-01-29
An Israeli inquiry finds its own army acts "legal pursuant to the rules of international law" during May's fatal Gaza flotilla raid in which 9 Turkish activists were killed; a separate United Nations inquiry said there had been an "unacceptable level of brutality". The inquiry also declares Israel's naval blockade of Gaza to be legal. 2011-01-23
The United Nations schedules a new round of talks on the Western Sahara. 2010-11-3
Actor Don Cheadle is appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations environment agency during a ceremony in Rwanda to mark World Environment Day. 2010-06-5