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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un demands that officials wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he rejects a donation of three million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the U.N. COVAX initiative.
2021-09-3

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 runs a campaign to fight water drought, which according to United Nations is the worst within the past 100 years.
2015-06-17

The United Nations appoints a three-member panel led by Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby to investigate alleged human rights breaches in North Korea.
2013-05-8

Iran, North Korea and Syria block adoption of a United Nations treaty that would regulate the international arms trade, a proposal which required agreement by all 193 UN member states.
2013-03-29

Canada will boycott the United Nations Conference on Disarmament to protest against North Korea being named its chair.
2011-07-11

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