Sources: BBC
According to the United Nations, over 90% of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince is now under the control of violent gangs. 2025-07-3
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, calls on countries to cease funding the body after the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 2023-10-29
A coalition of rebel groups briefly seize the city of Bambari from the Central African Republic government and United Nations before being driven off in a UN counter-offensive. 2020-12-23
The High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, Michelle Bachelet, says that more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in recent months and half a million displaced in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a resurgence of attacks on the civilian population by different armed groups. Bachelet says these attacks "may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes". 2020-06-5
The United Nations launches an emergency appeal for almost U.S.$120 million in life-saving help for 750,000 survivors in Haiti at risk of starvation and-or cholera. 2016-10-11
Gunmen kill 12 United Nations peacekeepers and civilian staff in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan. 2013-04-9
The United Nations calls for an investigation into a crackdown on demonstrators in Syria. 2011-03-22
The United Nations seeks emergency aid for Sri Lanka: as many as 390,000 people are made homeless and thousands of houses are destroyed in the disaster there. 2011-01-15
Former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Paul Heinbecker urges the Canadian government to determine its agenda as global power shifts, particularly towards emerging economies. 2011-01-2