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The UN World Food Programme reports that the renewed conflict in Syria is estimated to displace around 1.5 million Syrians.
2024-12-7

Morocco rejects a proposal put forward by the UN envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura that would partition Western Sahara with the northern part being annexed by Morocco and the southern part forming an independent state controlled by the Polisario Front.
2024-10-18

The UN Development Programme office in Gaza is shelled, with reports of a significant number of deaths and injuries. Office chief Achim Steiner says that "civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN facilities must be always protected".
2023-11-12

Russia and Ukraine sign a UN-backed agreement to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports.
2022-07-22

According to the UN's World Food Programme, nearly six million people in Sri Lanka are currently suffering from food insecurity caused by the worst economic crisis that the country has experienced since 1948.
2022-07-7

Diplomats of several Western-aligned countries walk out of the UN General Assembly as Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez begins a speech.
2019-09-27

Saudi-led coalition forces bomb Houthi targets in several provinces of Yemen, killing at least 15 people, despite a UN-brokered truce.
2015-07-12

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses concern over recent violence between security forces and demonstrators, urging authorities to exercise maximum restraint.
2012-02-15

Gaza's unemployment rate was among the world's highest, at 45.2% in late 2010 according to the UN.
2011-06-14

The United Nations Security Council, after the defected Libyan Ambassador to the UN Abdel Rahman Mohamed Shalgam's appeal to act against Muammar Gaddafi's regime escalating violence, being used to crackdown the 2011 Libyan civil war, and following propositions by France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States, adopts resolution 1970, [http:--www.un.org-News-Press-docs-2011-sc10187.doc.htm (UN press release on UNSC resolution 1970)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-12587078 (BBC)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-12589434 (BBC)] [http:--www.unmultimedia.org-tv-webcast- (UN Multimedia)]. "All necessary means" enforcement of said resolution, and imposition of a "No-fly zone" over Libya are rejected. These measures will be however included on UNSC resolution 1973 of 17 March 2011.
2011-02-26