Sources: BBC
At least eight migrants are found dead and 22 others are missing as the United Nations International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government launch a joint rescue operation after migrants were forced off a boat and forced to swim to shore off the coast of Djibouti. 2025-06-11
Cuba and South Korea establish diplomatic relations after exchanging letters via their United Nations representatives. 2024-02-14
The United States announces it is expelling 12 Russian people in New York who are a part of Russia's delegation to the United Nations, saying they are "intelligence operatives" who have "abused their privileges of residency" by engaging in "espionage activities." 2022-02-28
The United Nations votes 184-2 on a resolution ending the embargo on Cuba, with the United States and Israel being the lone no votes. 2021-06-23
The United States says that Morocco will normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab country to do so in recent months, in an agreement mediated by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump also says that he recognizes "Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory". Morocco says that the United States "will open a consulate in Western Sahara as part of Morocco’s deal with Israel". 2020-12-10
An Afghan community centre is burned down in Athens, Greece. An extreme far-right group claims responsibility, and the United Nations condemns the attack. 2018-03-24
The General Assembly of the United Nations votes to admit South Sudan as a member of the United Nations. 2011-07-14
A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia holds its first hearings in the trial of four former senior Khmer Rouge officials, including former head of state Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-13922564 (BBC)] [http:--www.france24.com-en-20110627-khmer-rouge-genocide-trial-opens-cambodia-0# (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019 2011-06-27
Israel asks the United Nations to disavow the Goldstone Report after the report's author, Judge Richard Goldstone, says that he retracts the accusation that Israel intentionally targeted civilians during the 2008–2009 Gaza War. 2011-04-2
The United States, European Union and United Nations pledge additional resources to the African Union's AMISOM peacekeeping force in Somalia. 2010-07-26