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The United Kingdom announces the resumption of funding to the United Nations agency UNRWA.
2024-07-19

An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen. The United Nations condemns the attack.
2018-04-21

A Saudi-led coalition spokesman announces they have exchanged prisoners with their Houthi opponents and "welcome a pause in the combat on the border." Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the lull was important to deliver aid and medical supplies to people in northern regions of Yemen. Yesterday, a Houthi delegation was in Saudi Arabia for talks to end the war. Al-Jubeir and his Yemeni counterpart noted formal negotiations to end the fighting can only take place under the auspices of the United Nations.
2016-03-9

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemns both Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Hamas for "indiscriminate attacks" on Israel, and warns that war crimes may have been committed.
2014-07-23

At least 500 people have been killed in fighting since 14 December 2013, according to the United Nations. [https:--www.usatoday.com-story-news-world-2013-12-18-united-nations-south-sudan-4093345- "(USA Today)"]
2013-12-19

The United Nations approves the creation of the MISCA peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, initially led by the African Union with French military support, to help quell the ongoing civil war, as reports emerge of more than 100 people killed during recent clashes in the capital Bangui.
2013-12-5

AFP reports on Israel's plans to counter a Palestinian bid for enhanced United Nations status later this month.
2012-11-6

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

China rules out a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the United Nations to resolve an ongoing diplomatic row, saying the timing is "not proper".
2010-09-21

A group of armed men vandalises a United Nations summer camp in the Gaza Strip, in a second attack since May. Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemn the attack.
2010-06-28