United Nations

The town of Bentiu, in South Sudan, has been nearly abandoned. On the main road, a boy hides behind a telephone pole.

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Living In A Camp By A Ruined City, They're Strangers In Their Own Land

7:45pm February 26, 2016

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is urging both sides in the South Sudanese civil war to resolve their differences. In the meantime, some 2 million people are living in limbo in the brutalized nation.

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People watch a television screen showing news of North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7 in Seoul. The new proposed U.N. resolution would ban supplying North Korea with aviation fuel, including rocket fuel.

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U.S. Proposes Tough New Sanctions On North Korea — With China's Support

7:38pm February 26, 2016

by Hannah Bloch

Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says the proposed U.N. Security Council resolution "is nearly unprecedented in many respects and the toughest ... in more than two decades."

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South Sudanese civilians flee fighting in the northeastern town of Malakal on February 18, 2016, where gunmen opened fire on civilians sheltering inside a United Nations base.

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U.N. Apologizes For Failing To Protect S. Sudan Civilians In Attack That Killed 18

5:25pm February 23, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"We are really sorry and sorry is an understatement," a U.N. spokesman told a South Sudanese radio station. The violence at the camp in Malakal, which is managed by the U.N., erupted on Feb. 17.

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt sits in his office on his first working day at the United Nations in New York City on Jan. 2, 1992. Boutros-Ghali has died at age 93.

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former U.N. Secretary-General, Dies At 93

2:06pm February 16, 2016

by Bill Chappell

During his tenure leading the United Nations from 1992 to 1996, the Egyptian diplomat sought to restore the organization's standing.

A Burundian soldier of the U.N. peacekeeping force MINUSCA contingent uses a metal detector at the entrance of a polling station in Bangui, Central African Republic on Dec. 14, 2015.

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Burundian Peacekeeping Abroad Can Fuel Conflict At Home

6:18pm February 13, 2016

by Gregory Warner

Serving as a U.N. peacekeeper can be a lucrative profession for young Africans. But Burundians seeking such work must pledge loyalty to their government, which is implicated in human rights abuses.

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A giant inflatable toilet in front of U.N. headquarters marked World Toilet Day on November 19, 2014.

Check Out Every Single One Of The U.N.'s Special Days

7:00am January 16, 2016

by Vicky Hallett

March 21 is especially popular — it's got five "international days," from World Poetry Day to International Day of Forests.

You Won't Believe How Many Special Days Are On The U.N. Calendar

7:00am January 16, 2016

by Vicky Hallett

The answer: 129 (give or take). They range from serious (victims of slavery day) to seemingly silly (toilet day). Do the days really make a difference?

Canadian Judge Marie Deschamps, chair of the Independent Review Panel on U.N. Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Foreign Military Forces, at a news conference at the United Nations on Thursday.

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Independent Panel Says U.N. Failed To Respond To Abuse Allegations

12:01pm December 18, 2015

by Merrit Kennedy

Internally displaced children in the Central African Republic said French peacekeepers were offering them food in exchange for sex acts. A year and a half later, the U.N.'s response is under fire.

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Delegates from the Libyan political dialogue participants raise their hands at the signing ceremony of the Libyan Political Agreement in Skhirat, Morocco, on Friday.

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Libyan Rivals Sign Unity Agreement ... But Could It Create More Chaos?

2:50pm December 17, 2015

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.N.-brokered agreement is meant to unify Libya's two rival governments into one. But some analysts fear it could create more chaos in the war-weary country.

South Sudanese seeking refuge line up to register at the U.N.'s base in Bentiu in February. At that time, the camp was receiving up to 200 new people a day. It now serves as home to some 100,000 people.

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U.N. Bases Turn Into Cities For Desperate And Displaced In South Sudan

7:27pm December 15, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Two years ago, the United Nations made a spur-of-the-moment decision to open its bases to hundreds of thousands who sought refuge from war. Today, those bases resemble permanent communities.

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