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The High Seas Treaty enters into force in 60 United Nations member states.
2026-01-17

The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations reports an average global temperature of about 1.15{{nbsp}}°C above pre-industrial levels in 2022, confirming that the last eight years were the highest temperatures recorded on Earth since records began.
2023-01-12

Afghan-American LGBT rights activist Nemat Sadat says that gay Afghans are facing death under the Taliban, as a 21-year-old man from Balkh Province says that he is trying to seek asylum and thinks that he may never see his boyfriend again. Another gay man from Kabul who worked for the United Nations described the current situation for homosexuals as a "nightmare".
2021-08-21

The United States Africa Command accuses Russia of deploying fighter jets to eastern Libya to provide air support to Russian mercenaries allied to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is locked in a civil war with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
2020-05-26

The Saudi Arabian-led coalition declares a unilateral ceasefire in its military action against Houthi forces in Yemen. The ceasefire, which supports UN efforts to end the five-year-old war, will be effective Thursday.
2020-04-8

The United Nations drop sanctions on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar after his Hezb-e Islami faction and the Afghan government reached a deal in September. Hekmatyar is granted immunity in exchange for his abandoning violence and supporting the Constitution of Afghanistan.
2017-02-4

The United Nations-backed Libyan Presidential Council arrives in Tripoli despite warnings by hardliners opposed to any unity government that they will attempt to keep them out of the city.
2016-03-30

The United Nations Human Rights Council votes in favor of LGBT rights. [http:--m.hrw.org-news-2014-09-26-un-landmark-resolution-anti-gay-bias (Human Rights Watch)]date=July 2019
2014-09-27

The United Nations expresses concern over the historical city of Timbuktu.
2012-06-28

Haiti police fire tear gas into a camp for internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince after riots over United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal allegedly bringing cholera into the country turn violent.
2010-11-18