Sources: BBC
The United Nations reports that humanitarian aid has been blocked from entering the Gaza Strip for at least 66 days, leaving at least 65,000 Palestinians without food, water, electricity, and healthcare. 2024-12-10
An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen. The United Nations condemns the attack. 2018-04-21
Close to 300 landmarks in 60 countries, from the Pyramids in Egypt, to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Empire State Building in New York, were lit up in blue — the official color of the United Nations — to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world body. 2015-10-24
Three members of a United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been abducted. [http:--africa.afpmobile.com-pl-svt-si-afp-po-opafrica-sc-afp_en_africa-dk-afpmobile.04-24-2015.5837-ms-9tJYRRfsJn1-pa-176047-uid- (AFP)]date=August 2019 2015-04-24
UN investigators in Syria say Syrian army forces continue to bomb hospitals and massacre civilians. 2013-09-11
The United Nations states that the death toll of the ongoing Syrian civil war has exceeded 100,000. 2013-07-25
The United Nations General Assembly approves the first Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the multi-billion-dollar global trade in conventional arms with 154 votes in favor, three member states – Iran, North Korea and Syria – against the decision, and 23 abstentions. 2013-04-2
A United Nations climate conference held in Doha, Qatar, agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020. 2012-12-8
The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia. 2010-11-4
The United Nations launches a major appeal for assistance dealing with the ongoing floods that have devastated Pakistan. 2010-08-12