Sources: Dawn
The United Nations reports that around 161,000 people in Yemen are expected to face a famine in the second half of the year. 2022-03-14
The United Nations reports that a ceasefire has been agreed upon by non-governmental militias fighting in Tripoli. 2018-09-4
A meeting is held in Lima attended by representatives from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil, to develop requests for aid in regards to Venezuelan immigrants, which will be sent to organisations including the United Nations and International Red Cross. Yesterday, there was a similar meeting in Bogotá. A larger meeting has been set-up to be held in Quito in early September, to be attended by representatives from 14 countries and 10 international organisations. 2018-08-29
Dozens of American diplomats send a memo, via the State Department’s "dissent channel", critical of U.S. policy in Syria. The memo was signed by 51 mid- to high-level State Department officers involved with advising on Syrian policy, and calls for airstrikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of the United Nations-sponsored February ceasefire. 2016-06-16
A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. 2015-01-4
China denies claims by the United Nations that 300 Tibetan monks have forcibly disappeared over the past three months. 2011-06-9
At least twelve people have been killed at a protest against Koran burning in Mazar-i-Sharif with at least eight of them being United Nations personnel. 2011-04-1
The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay condemns the "shocking" use of force against protesters. 2011-03-17
The United Nations appeals for nearly $164 million to fund the battle against Haiti's outbreak of cholera as hospitals overflow and space and time run out. 2010-11-12
The United Nations issues a report stating that Israel restricts with live ammunition access to land used for farming and fishing by Palestinians, causing a loss of livelihood for tens of thousands of Palestinians. 2010-08-19