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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu rejects a proposal by German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to establish a United Nations-mandated security zone in northeastern Syria, calling the plan "not very realistic".
2019-10-26

A resolution is adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council with 19 votes in favour, 7 against and 21 abstentions, accusing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro government of thousands of extrajudicial murders, forced disappearances, and torture, after being proposed by the Lima Group and backed by many European countries. The UN resolves to send an investigative mission to the country. Maduro says the motion was "produced by the United States to run a hate campaign". Another Venezuelan representative calls the UN a "small group" that they "will not cooperate with".
2019-09-27

Houthi forces begin to withdraw from several Yemeni ports, including Al Hudaydah, As-Salif and Ras Isa. The withdrawal is part of a UN-brokered ceasefire deal that aims to end the blockade of Yemen.
2019-05-11

The United Nations places sanctions on a North Korean ship for conducting fuel transfers in breach of UN sanctions.
2018-04-3

A United Nations report claims that a North Korean shipping company has been renaming and reflagging its vessels to avoid an arms embargo.
2015-02-26

The members of the United Nations are scheduled to decide on Australian diplomat Peter Woolcott's draft for the first ever treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade.
2013-03-28

Sri Lanka asks the United Nations not to publish a report on alleged war crimes.
2011-04-21

United Nations scientists claim to have eliminated rinderpest virus making it the second virus to have been wiped out by humans if confirmed.
2010-10-14

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

Niger faces total crop failure worse than that of 2005, according to United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes.
2010-04-28