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Kylie Morris
Achieving a unified approach in dealing with the threat from Islamic State is one of several challenges facing the US at the United Nations General Assembly this week.
The United Nations Refugee Agency says almost 140,000 people – mainly Kurds – have crossed the border from Syria into Turkey since Friday.
A million people have now fled the conflict in Ukraine, according to the United Nations – as Kiev accused Russia of bolstering an invasion force.
Outgoing United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay tells Jon Snow she was called a lunatic and a monster as she tried to ensure the UN did all it could to save lives around the world.
The number of refugees from the Syrian civil war rises above 3 million, the United Nations refugee agency says.
The number of people to die in Syria has risen to over 191,000 in three years, but the conflict has “dropped off the international radar”, says the United Nations commissioner.
As the United Nations strive for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, the impoverished enclave faces a daunting recovery, such is the scale of damage after three weeks of fighting.
A United Nations agency releases satellite imagery showing the level of destruction of buildings and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
Jon Snow talks to Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has said there’s “a strong possibility” that Israel’s attacks on Gaza amount to a war crime.
Kylie Morris
The United Nations Security Council demands that armed groups allow “safe, secure, full and unrestricted access” to the MH17 crash site.
Jon Snow
On Monday, the United Nations will launch its toughest – and potentially most alarming – report yet on climate change. Jon Snow meets Ban Ki-moon in Greenland.
The United Nations is to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes and continuing human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
Jon Snow
Next Monday sees the publication of one of the strongest climate change reports the United Nations has ever commissioned. It looks set to be a terrifying document.
There are “indications” that Russia may be planning a military intervention in the south and east of Ukraine, Kiev’s ambassador to the United Nations warns.
The United Nations warns that overcrowding at the main South Sudanese hospital in the capital Juba is becoming an increasing problem, with thousands of people suffering from malaria or disease.