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The United Nations announces that the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity initially scheduled to take place in Kunming, China, later this year will be moved to Montreal, Canada, due to logistical complications caused by China's Zero-COVID policy.
2022-06-21

Australia and Canada deploy surveillance aircraft to Japan to monitor ship-to-ship transfers between North Korean vessels that bypass United Nations sanctions. The aircraft join a warship already deployed by the United Kingdom.
2018-04-28

The United Nations estimates that the death toll from severe flooding in North Korea reaches 133 with another 395 missing and tens of thousands homeless.
2016-09-12

North Korea asks for food aid from the United Nations after last month's floods.
2012-08-3

A scuffle breaks out at the United Nations Human Rights Council after a North Korean diplomat said a U.N. report on the human rights situation in the country had been "fabricated".
2012-03-12

The United Nations World Food Programme calls for "urgent assistance" for the North Korean people due to a food crisis.
2011-05-19

A United Nations report alleges that Iran and North Korea have been secretly exchanging ballistic missile technology.
2011-05-15

North Korea agrees with United States troubleshooter Bill Richardson to permit the return of United Nations nuclear inspectors.
2010-12-20

A United Nations report suggests North Korea has supplied Burma, Iran and Syria with nuclear technology, in violation of United Nations sanctions. China had previously blocked the report from reaching the UN Security Council.
2010-11-9

A leaked United Nations report states that North Korea is exporting nuclear technology to Burma, Iran and Syria.
2010-05-28