the United Nations
noun
: an international organization that helps to solve world conflicts peacefully
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Meanwhile, famine threatens about half of Gaza’s more than 2 million inhabitants, according to the United Nations and other groups.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Other countries imposed sanctions and an arms embargo, peacekeeping forces were established by the African Union and the United Nations, and the Sudanese leader who commanded the genocide was eventually ousted.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
Health officials have said that dozens of Gazans have been killed by Israeli strikes in Rafah since May 6, and the United Nations reported that one of its workers had also died, the first international U.N. staff member killed since the war began.
—Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 15 May 2024
In the midst of increasing conflict over the land, the United Nations proposed a division of Arab and Jewish states; the proposal was opposed by the Arab population of the land, and a civil war followed the announcement of the plan.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
The war in Gaza took center stage at the United Nations again on Friday, when Israel's ambassador took a mock copy of a UN charter and fed it through a shredder.
—Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
In 2020 he was put on sanctions list by the U.S. Treasury and another sanctions list by the United Nations in 2022.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 13 May 2024
But the overall number of aid trucks flowing through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings is down 75% from before the war, according to the United Nations.
—Raymond Offenheiser, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
There was a meeting a few weeks ago, hosted by the United Nations Development Program, in Jordan, just talking about rubble removal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
Other countries imposed sanctions and an arms embargo, peacekeeping forces were established by the African Union and the United Nations, and the Sudanese leader who commanded the genocide was eventually ousted.
—Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
Health officials have said that dozens of Gazans have been killed by Israeli strikes in Rafah since May 6, and the United Nations reported that one of its workers had also died, the first international U.N. staff member killed since the war began.
—Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 15 May 2024
In the midst of increasing conflict over the land, the United Nations proposed a division of Arab and Jewish states; the proposal was opposed by the Arab population of the land, and a civil war followed the announcement of the plan.
—TIME, 15 May 2024
The war in Gaza took center stage at the United Nations again on Friday, when Israel's ambassador took a mock copy of a UN charter and fed it through a shredder.
—Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
In 2020 he was put on sanctions list by the U.S. Treasury and another sanctions list by the United Nations in 2022.
—Eyder Peralta, NPR, 13 May 2024
But the overall number of aid trucks flowing through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings is down 75% from before the war, according to the United Nations.
—Raymond Offenheiser, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
There was a meeting a few weeks ago, hosted by the United Nations Development Program, in Jordan, just talking about rubble removal.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
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