World Crisis Chronology
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A
06/04/2018Prime minister resigns
08/15/2021Taliban takes control of government
05/17/2020Power-sharing government formed
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
02/18/2020Ghani re-elected
09/29/2014Ghani and Abdullah Sworn In
09/07/2010Kabul Bank Scandal
01/04/2003Loya Jiraga Agrees to New Constitution
09/11/2001September 11th, 2001
07/08/2019Free trade agreement initiated
07/09/2002OUA Becomes African Union
06/11/2019Presidential impeachment proceedings begin
08/02/1993Albania Classes as Least Developed by UN
06/15/2021Ruling coalition retains control of parliament
12/12/2019Former PM elected president
03/11/2019Bouteflika rescinds presidential run
11/19/2023Milei elected president
08/31/2020Government reschedules debt
10/27/2019Fernandez wins presidency
06/20/2021Pashinyan reelected
11/09/2020Nagorno-Karabakh peace agreement
01/14/2019Pashinyan becomes prime minister
05/21/2022Labour Party wins election
05/19/2019Liberals win re-election
12/02/2021Prime minister resigns
10/09/2021Kurz resigns
01/01/2020Kurz forms new coalition
05/19/2019Kurz calls new elections after scandal
11/09/2020Nagorno-Karabakh peace agreement

B
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/20/2022Government reelected
11/29/2021Full independence
10/21/2021Mason elected president
05/24/2018BLP dominates elections
08/10/2020Lukashenko declared re-eleted
09/30/2020Governing coalition formed
03/17/2020Temporary government installe
10/27/2019Wilmes named prime minister
12/19/2018Michel resigns
01/13/2023Ruling coalition reelected
04/14/2021Talon reelected
10/19/2018Newly created party wins government
11/10/2019Morales resigns
01/25/2023Kristo government approved
01/25/2023Kristo government approved
01/23/2023Kristo government approved
10/07/2018Serbian ally wins Bosnian Serb presidency
10/25/2019Ruling party re-elected
04/01/2019Masisi appointed president
10/30/2022Da Silva wins presidency
10/28/2018Bolsonaro elected president
09/30/2016Rousseff impeached; Michel Temer assumes presidency
09/14/2016Prosecutors file corruption charges against Lula da Silva
04/18/2016The House of Representatives impeaches Dilma Rousseff
09/07/2014Effects of corruption scandal Operation Car Wash widespread in the government
08/18/2011Corruption accusations affecting Rousseff’s administration
10/31/2010Dilma Rousseff elected president
10/30/2006Lula da Silva wins second term as president
06/04/2005Corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash impacting government
10/27/2002Lula da Silva elected president
11/13/1998IMF agrees to $41.3 billion bailout for Brazil
09/03/1994Fernando Cardoso elected president
04/02/2023Government reelected
06/22/2022Government falls
12/14/2021New government confirmed
11/19/2021We Continue the Change wins plurality
07/12/2021New governing party claims victory
09/30/2022Another coup replaces government
01/24/2022Kaboré deposed
12/11/2021New prime minister appointed
12/08/2021Government falls
12/08/2021Government falls
11/30/2015Kaboré elected president
05/25/2020Ndayishimiye elected president
08/20/2000Peace accord signed

C
08/22/2023Hun Sen transfers power to son
10/22/2018Biya elected to a seventh term
09/20/2021Ruling party retains government
10/22/2019Liberals retain government
09/11/2019Elections called
04/19/2021Ruling party retains power
01/04/2021Touadéra re-elected
12/27/2020General election
03/01/2016Touadéra elected president
05/09/2024Déby declared president
05/03/2021New government named
04/20/2021Deby is killed
12/19/2021Boric elected president
11/15/2019Referendum scheduled
12/17/2017Sebastián Piñera elected president
03/22/2018US-China trade war
10/24/2017President Xi elevated
06/17/2018Duque elected president
01/16/2024Assoumani reelected
01/23/2020Ruling government re-elected
05/05/2016Assoumani affirmed president
07/06/2018Cook Islands Party to form government
06/14/2018Democratic Party wins parliament
04/03/2022Chaves elected president
07/05/2020Ruling party wins legilsative elections
01/04/2020Milanovic elected president
11/08/2021Governing coalition formed
10/09/2021Opposition wins parliamentary majority
06/27/2018Babis forms new goverment
01/16/2018Government falls

D
01/28/2021Prime minister removed
01/09/2019Tshisekedi declared president amid controversy
11/02/2022Government retains majority
11/26/2016New governing coalition
12/06/2019Governing party retains majority
07/07/2020Opposition wins presidency

E
04/21/2022Ramos-Horta elected president
05/17/2023Parliament dissolved
04/12/2021Lasso elected president
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/04/2024Bukele reelected
02/28/2021Bukele retains power
02/04/2019Bukele elected president
11/26/2022Obiang reelected.
08/31/2021Karis elected president
01/25/2021New government formed
01/13/2021Government falls
04/17/2019New government formed
03/25/2022Ceasefire declared
11/04/2020Government invades Tigray
09/12/1974Selassie government overthrown
11/02/1930Selassie becomes emperor
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
12/24/2020Agreement on UK exit from EU
01/29/2020EU approves Brexit
01/23/2020UK exit confirmed
10/17/2019EU and UK agree on Brexit
12/19/2018EU accepts Italian budget
06/29/2018EU summit on migration

F
12/20/2022New ruling coalition
02/11/2024Stubb elected president
04/02/2023Opposition wins election
05/11/2022Government to apply to NATO
06/19/2022Government reelected
04/24/2022Macron reelected

G
09/04/2023Coup leader assumes presidency
08/30/2023Military Coup
08/30/2023Bongo re-elected
02/22/2021Garibashvili elected prime minister
02/18/2021Prime minister resigns
11/21/2020Georgian Dream claims victory in parliament
09/08/2019Gakharia elected prime minister
09/02/2019Prime minister resigns
11/28/2018Zurabishvili elected president
06/13/2018Government falls
09/26/2021Ruling coalition unseated
12/10/2020Akufo-Addo is re-elected
07/07/2019New Democracy wins parliament
06/22/2022NDC wins election
01/14/2024Arevalo inaugurated
08/11/2019Giammattei elected president
02/28/2024New prime minister
09/05/2021Coup deposes Condé
10/24/2020Condé reelected
03/28/2020Constitutional referendum approved
02/05/2020Embalo wins presidency
01/01/2020Embalo elected president
08/02/2020Irfaan Ali becomes president
12/05/2021Barrow reelected

H
07/20/2021Ariel Henry becomes interim prime minister
07/07/2021Moïse assassinated
10/18/2018Protests over corruption
11/29/2016Moïse elected
02/07/2016Martelly resigns
11/30/2021Ruling party ousted
04/28/2019Proposed extradition law sparks protests
08/31/2014China limits democracy in Hong Kong
04/03/2022Fidesz retains government
12/06/2020Orban resigns after parliamentary election

I
02/25/2021India-Pakistan ceasefire
05/23/2019BJP retains power
02/15/2024Subianto elected president
05/21/2019Widodo re-elected
06/18/2021Ebrahim Raisi elected president
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
05/08/2019Iran ends some aspects of nuclear agreement
04/08/2019US adds sanctions on Iran
10/13/2022New heads of state
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
10/02/2018Abdul Mahdi named prime minister
12/08/2017Iraq declares victory over the Islamic State
06/27/2020Martin becomes taoiseach
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict
12/22/2022Netanyahu forms new government
11/03/2022Netanyahu coalition wins election
06/20/2022New elections called
06/13/2021New coalition government takes office
12/22/2020New elections called
04/20/2020Agreement on unity government
03/26/2020Gantz elected parliament speaker
09/17/2019Election produces no majority party
10/22/2022Meloni elected prime minister
07/21/2022Draghi resigns again
07/14/2022Draghi resigns
02/12/2021Draghi becomes prime minister
01/26/2021Conte resigns
01/19/2021Conte survives no-confidence vote
12/19/2018EU accepts Italian budget
06/01/2018Five Star/League government accepted
03/05/2018Populist parties lead election results
10/31/2020Ouattara re-elected
07/04/2018Government dissolved

J
09/10/2020Ruling party retains power
09/10/2020Ruling party retains power
10/31/2021Ruling coalition retains majority
09/29/2021Kishida to be prime minister
08/25/2020Abe resigns for health reasons
07/21/2019Abe reelected with reduced majority

K
11/21/2022Tokayev reelected
01/10/2021Ruling Party retains power
06/10/2019Tokayev is elected president
03/19/2019Nazarbeyev resigns
02/21/2019Nazarbeyev fires government
08/15/2022Ruto wins disputed election
06/23/2020Maamau re-elected
11/05/2020Thaci resigns
06/03/2020Avdullah Hoti becomes prime minister
03/26/2020Government falls
02/03/2020Albin Kurti elected prime minister
11/08/2021Government resigns
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/10/2021Jasparov is elected president
10/15/2020Jeenbekov resigns
10/06/2020Election annulled

L
11/27/2024Ceasefire in Lebanon-Israel conflict
07/26/2021Prime minister appointed
10/22/2020Hariri again prime minister
04/28/2020Protests intensify
01/21/2020Diab becomes prime minister
10/29/2019Hariri resigns
10/17/2019Protests begin
11/04/2017PM Saad Hariri resigns
05/19/2020Thabane resigns
05/11/2020Government collapses
01/16/2020Thabane agrees to resign
11/17/2023Bokai elected president
12/28/2017George Weah is elected president
02/06/2021Interim prime minister chosen
10/23/2020Ceasefire agreement
12/17/2015Unity government agreement
11/22/2020Skvernelis again prime minister

M
11/27/2023Rajoelina reelected
01/09/2019Rajoelina victory affirmed
06/23/2020Chakwera elected president
02/03/2020Election nullified
05/27/2019Mutharika is re-elected
11/24/2022Anwar named prime minister
08/20/2021Ismail named prime minister
03/01/2020Muhyiddin elected prime minister
02/24/2020Matathir resigns
04/07/2019Nasheed’s party regains control
09/23/2018Solih elected president
02/05/2018State of emergency imposed
02/02/2018Threat of impeachment
11/21/2024New prime minister
05/27/2021Coup leader assumes presidency
05/24/2021Military ousts transitional government
09/22/2020Interim president appointed
08/18/2020Keita deposed in army coup
04/23/2019Cisse appointed prime minster
08/15/2018Keïta re-elected
03/27/2022Labou reelected
01/05/2020Kabua elected president
06/03/2024Sheinbaum elected president
07/01/2018Lopez Obrador elected president
07/14/2021PAS wins elections
12/23/2020Prime minister resigns
06/14/2019Plahotniuc resigns
01/02/2018President Dodon suspended again
10/17/2017President again suspeded
10/17/2017President suspended
11/13/2016Dodon elected president
04/23/2015Bank fraud revelation
02/25/2023Ruling Party Wins in Landslide
02/25/2023Ruling Party Wins in Landslide
02/24/2022Government falls
12/03/2020Opposition forms new government
08/31/2020Opposition wins government
09/22/2021Governing coalition formed
09/09/2021Governing party voted out
10/28/2019Nyusi re-elected
08/01/2021General assumes prime ministership
02/01/2021Military resumes control
11/09/2020Suu Kyi’s party claims election win
10/10/2016Outburst of violence between government and Rohingya Muslim minority

N
12/03/2019Geingob re-elected
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
09/28/2022New president elected
08/27/2019Aingimea elected president
12/25/2022Prachanda again prime minister
07/12/2021Court declares new prime minister
05/25/2021Parliament dissolved
12/20/2020Elections called
12/15/2017Left Alliance gains majority
11/22/2023Far-right party wins plurality
12/16/2021Rutte returns in new government
03/18/2021Rutte government re-elected
01/15/2021Rutte government falls
10/10/2017Rutte to form government
03/15/2017Parliamentary election
01/25/2023Hipkins appointed prime minister
01/18/2023Ardern to resign
10/17/2020Ardern reelected
10/17/2020Ardern reelected
11/07/2021Ortega reelected
04/18/2018Widespread protests against government
11/06/2016Ortega re-elected
02/23/2021Bazoum elected president
05/08/2017Osinbajo named acting president
05/17/2016First Chibok girl is found.
03/31/2015Muhammadu Buhari is elected president
10/20/2014Nigeria declared free of Ebola.
04/14/2014Chibok girls kidnapped.
04/13/2011Jonathan elected president
10/18/2010Rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria
05/05/2010President Yar’Adua dies
01/12/2010Pres. Yar’Adua undergoing treatment
02/25/2006Rise of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
04/22/2003Obasanjo reelected president
06/08/1998Abacha dies; Gen. Abubakar named president
12/17/1993Abacha takes power
02/02/1993Shonekan appointed head of state
08/27/1985Gen. Babangida takes power
12/31/1983Major Gen. Buhari takes power
02/13/1976Obasanjo takes power
05/30/1967Biafra created
01/15/1966Regional tensions generate a coup
10/01/1960Independence
06/12/2018US-North Korea summit
04/27/2018Panmunjon Declaration
03/08/2018US-North Korea summit announced
07/02/2017ICBM test
02/13/2017Kim Jong-nam assassinated
05/06/2016Seventh Workers’ Party congress
03/02/2016UN increases sanctions
01/05/2016Reported hydrogen bomb test
12/17/2014Sony cyberattack
12/12/2013Jang Song-thaek executed
03/11/2013North Korea ends ceasefire with South Korea
12/18/2011Kim Jong-il dies
12/01/2009Economic crisis
12/11/2008End of nuclear weapons talks
07/09/2005Nuclear weapons talks
07/08/1994Kim Il-sung dies
10/31/2021Prime minister resigns
01/03/2020Zaev resigns
10/18/2019New elections called
05/05/2019Pendarovski wins presidency
01/25/2019New name is approved
05/13/2022Government shut down
01/11/2020Government restored
09/13/2021Labour Party wins parliament
01/17/2019Solberg forms majority government

O
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended

P
02/14/2024Sharif PM in coalition government
02/25/2021Pakistan-India ceasefire
05/06/2019Cortizo wins presidency
05/04/2014Varela wins presidency
05/03/2009Martinelli wins presidency
08/09/2022Marape reelected
12/10/2019Bougainville votes for independence
05/29/2019O'Neill resigns
06/18/2018State of emergency imposed
05/01/2023Peña reelected
04/23/2018Benitez elected president
12/07/2022Castillo removed. Boluarte becomes president
07/19/2021Castillo declared president
11/17/2020Sagasti named president
11/15/2020Merino resigns
11/10/2020Merino elected president
11/09/2020Vizcarra ousted
01/26/2020New congress elected
09/30/2019Turmoil in government with competing presidents
03/21/2018Kuczynski resigns
12/21/2017Kucyznski avoids impeachment
05/10/2022Marcos elected president
12/14/2023Tusk becomes prime minister
11/27/2023Morawiecki becomes prime minister
10/15/2023Opposition wins election
07/13/2020Duda re-elected
11/07/2023Costa resigns
01/30/2022New government elected
11/05/2021New election called
01/26/2021Rebelo de Sousa re-elected
07/25/2019Rosselló resigns

Q
02/14/2018Coup attempt fails
06/05/2017Blockade of Qatar
07/08/1997Liberalization
06/27/19951995 coup
09/03/1971Independence

R
11/25/2021New government approved
10/05/2021Government falls
12/18/2020Ruling coalition forms government
12/06/2020Orban resigns after parliamentary election
02/05/2020Government falls
11/04/2019Orban voted prime minister
10/10/2019Government falls
06/21/2018Dragnea convicted of fraud
01/17/2018Dancila becomes prime minister
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
07/02/2020Constitutional referendum approved
01/15/2020Government resigns
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
08/28/2019Agreement with Uganda

S
05/24/2021Fiame becomes prime minister in disputed ceremony
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
10/09/2018Disappearance of journalist leads to international attention
11/04/2017Anti-corruption crackdown
03/24/2024Faye elected president
08/12/2022Sall coalition reelected
03/01/2019Sall re-elected
12/17/2023Government reelected
04/03/2022Vucic reelected
06/21/2020Ruling party gains in parliament
10/25/2020Opposition wins government
06/24/2023Bio reelected
03/07/2022Bio elected president
07/11/2020Ruling party re-elected
03/21/2020Matovič becomes prime minister
11/13/2022Pirc Musar elected president
04/24/2022Government ousted
03/13/2020Jansa leads new government
01/27/2020Snap elections called
01/27/2020Government falls
08/17/2018Marjan Sarec elected prime minister
11/18/2024Opposition wins presidency
05/15/2022President elected
11/21/2017Bihi elected president of Somaliland
06/14/2024New government formed
05/13/2019ANC retains majority in parliament
03/09/2022Yoon Suk-yeal elected president
04/16/2020Moon wins re-election in a landslide
04/27/2018Panmunjon Declaration
06/27/2018Peace agreement signed
10/24/2023New government formed
01/07/2020Sanchez re-elected prime minister
04/28/2019Socialists win plurality
06/01/2018Socialists eject Rajoy and take control of government
07/20/2022Wickremesinghe named interim president
07/09/2022Rajapaksa resigns
05/12/2022Wickremesinghe appointed PM
05/09/2022Prime minister resigns
03/28/2022Government facing economic collapse
11/17/2019Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected president
12/16/2018Widkremesinghe returns to office
11/09/2018Parliament dissolved
10/26/2018Sirisena fires Prime Minister Rajapaska
01/02/2022Prime minister resigns
10/25/2021Military coup
07/07/2019Transitional government agreement
04/11/2019Military takes control
12/19/2018Anti-government protests begin
11/29/2019Bouterse sentenced
07/14/2015Bouterse reelected
09/14/2022Conservatives win government
05/15/2022Government to apply to NATO
07/07/2021Löfven reelected
06/28/2021Löfven resigns
12/08/2024Government falls
12/08/2024Government falls
01/03/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria
09/04/2018Assault on Idlib
09/26/2016Government attempt to retake Aleppo.
09/09/2016Ceasefire
08/24/2016Turkish troops enter Syria.
08/23/2016Kurdish truce with Syria.
09/30/2015Russia enters war.
09/10/2014US bombing Islamic State in Syria
01/24/2014Geneva peace conference 2014
09/25/2013Islamic State increasing in Syria
08/20/2013Government accused of using chemical weapons
03/18/2011Beginning of unrest in Syria that leads to civil war
05/21/2008Negotiations with Israel about Golan Heights
05/29/2007Bashar al-Assad re-elected
10/28/2005Preliminary UN report on Syrian responsibility for murder of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri
03/06/2005Syrian intelligence officers begin to leave Lebanon
06/09/2000Hafez al-Assad dies
11/12/1970Hafez al-Assad takes power

T
01/11/2020Tsai re-elected
10/12/2020Rahmon reelected
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
03/17/2021Magafuli dies
10/31/2020Magafuli re-elected
10/31/2020Magafuli re-elected
08/16/2024P. Shinawatra elected prime minister
06/05/2019Chan-Ocha elected prime minister
02/22/2020Gnassingbé re-elected
09/12/2019ʻAkilisi Pōhiva dies
06/04/1970Independence
08/11/2020Ruling party retains power
09/29/2021Saied names prime minister
08/24/2021Parliament suspended
07/25/2021Saied dismisses government
10/13/2019Saied elected president
07/25/2019Essebsi dies
05/28/2023Erdogan reelected
10/09/2019Turkey invades Syria
06/24/2018Erdogan re-elected
03/15/2022Serdar Berdymukhamedov elected president
02/26/2024New prime minister

U
01/18/2021Museveni re-elected
08/28/2019Agreement with Rwanda
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
03/04/2020Shmygal elected prime minister
08/29/2019Honcharuk elected prime minister
05/14/2022New president named
05/13/2022President dies
04/07/2022Hadi transfers power
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/05/2021Qatar blockade ended
01/18/2023Ruling party re-elected
10/24/2022Sunak chosen prime minister
10/20/2022Truss resigns
07/06/2022Johnson resigns
12/24/2020Agreement on UK exit from EU
01/29/2020EU approves Brexit
01/22/2020EU exit passes parliament
12/12/2019Conservatives gain majority
10/29/2019New election called
10/17/2019EU and UK agree on Brexit
05/25/2019May resigns
03/12/2018Skripal poisoning creates international crisis
02/15/2018Notpetya cyberattack
02/24/2022Russia invades Ukraine
12/06/2021Nehemmer elected chancellor
02/13/2021Trump acquitted again
01/13/2021Trump is impeached again
01/06/2021Presidential certification disrupted by Trump supporters
11/07/2020Biden wins disputed election
05/31/2020Protests and rioting across US
02/28/2020Afghan peace agreement
02/05/2020Trump acquitted
01/16/2020Trump impeached
01/02/2020US kills high-ranking Iranian
09/24/2019Impeachment inquiry instituted
12/21/2018Partial government shutdown
12/18/2018US announces withdrawal of troops from Syria
07/16/2018Russia-US summit
02/15/2018Notpetya cyberattack

V
11/04/2022Kalsaku elected prime minister
04/20/2020Loughman elected prime minister
11/21/2021Ruling party reelected
12/07/2020Ruling oalition wins legislature
01/05/2020Chaos in National Assembly election
08/18/2017Constitutional assembly assumes the powers of the legislature.
12/06/2015Opposition wins legislature
07/19/2024General Secretary dies
05/22/2024Tô Lâm elected president
02/01/2021Trong re-elected CP leader

W

Y
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
04/07/2022Hadi transfers powers
12/04/2017Saleh killed
07/17/2015Hadi government regains Aden
03/26/2015Saudi Arabia increases participation in war
02/06/2015Houthis take control
08/25/2014Houthi rebellion
02/10/2014Federal statehood
02/20/2012Hadi elected president
11/23/2011Saleh gives up power
06/04/2011Saleh leaves for medical treatment
01/24/2011Protests against government
11/05/2009Saudi Arabia joins fight
05/04/2009Separatist fighting
10/12/2000USS Cole attack
08/1993Civil war
05/22/1990North and South Yemen merge
06/17/1978Saleh elected president
11/30/1967South Yemen established
09/27/1962North Yemen established

Z
08/16/2021Hichilema wins presidency

UNITED NATIONS

10/14/2024
UN peacekeepers on the Israel-Lebanon border will remain in place throughout Israeli attacks, UN says.
09/25/2024
At UN General Assembly meeting, US, France, and other nations call for a 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Netanyahu rejects the plan.
09/24/2024
UN human rights chief says that weaponizing personal non-combat devices, which Israel did with its pager attack, is a violation of international law.
07/19/2024
International Court of Justice rules that Israel’s settlement policies in Palestinian territory violate international law.
06/10/2024
UN Security Council approves US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel says that it will continue until Hamas has been eliminated. Israel increasingly isolated for its unyielding position.
05/24/2024
International Court of Justice orders Israel to immediately halt its attack on Rafah in Gaza.
05/19/2024
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders for investigation into alleged war crimes. US and Israel denounce the move.
05/10/2024
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to admit Palestine. While the US will probably veto its admission, the vote does allow Palestine additional rights, including to submit proposals and amendments directly, without having to go through another country, as is the case now.
04/18/2024
US vetoes Palestinian Authority’s request for full UN membership in a show of support for Israel.
03/25/2024
UN passes a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage exchange. The US does not veto the resolution, abstaining, infuriating Netanyahu, who cancels a diplomatic visit to the US in reprisal. However, afterwards, the US says the resolution is not binding.
03/22/2024
UN fails to pass US draft resolution supporting an immediate ceasefire in Gaza tied to talks on hostage release. Russia, China, and Algeria voted against it and some criticized it for ambiguous language on the call for a ceasefire.
02/21/2024
UN says the humanitarian situation in eastern DRC is one of the worst crises in the world. The UN Security Council imposes an arms embargo, travel ban, and asset freeze on two leaders of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), one leader from the Twirwaneho armed group, and one from the National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo (CNPSC) rebels. Also added to the UN list were the military spokesperson for the M23 Tutsi-led rebels and a leader with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), founded by Hutus who fled Rwanda after taking part in the 1994 genocide of more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
02/20/2024
US vetoes UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza because it fails to impose demands on Hamas. Highly criticized, given the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. US proposes a temporary halt to fighting.
01/26/2024
Israel accuses UN Relief and Works Agency employees of having taken part in the October 7 attack on Israel. The UN quickly fires several members of UNRWA.
01/26/2024
International Court of Justice orders Israel to try to prevent deaths of Palestinian civilians and to allow more aid into the territory.
01/12/2024
UN Court of Justice begins hearing on South Africa charge that Israel has committed genocide in Palestine.
12/22/2023
UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an indefinite pause to allow humanitarian to be delivered. The United States abstained because the resolution did not support Israel’s right to self-defense.
12/01/2023
UN votes to end its Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan. Some tasks may transfer to other agencies.
10/24/2023
US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution that condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel and called for humanitarian access to Palestinians, and release of the hostages. The US vetoes the resolution because it did not mention Israel’s right to self-defense.
10/18/2023
US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution condemning all violence in the Israel-Hamas war and calling for a humanitarian pause in the war, saying it is too early to craft a response and criticizing the resolution for not affirming Israel’s right to self-defense.
08/01/2023
Kenya offers to send police force to Haiti to lead a multinational force to restore order if given a UN mandate.
12/21/2022
UN security council passes resolution calling for release of all political prisoners and mitigation of violence and humanitarian crisis.
12/15/2022
UN blocks Myanmar’s military junta from appointing the country ambassador to the UN. The current ambassador, appointed by Suu Kyi, therefore remains in the seat.
10/12/2022
UN condemns Russia attempt to annex parts of Ukraine by a vote of 143-5. Belarus, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, and Syria voted no. Thirty-five countries abstained from the vote, including China and India.
08/26/2022
Russia blocks passage of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at the UN, objecting to its statements about military activity around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine and the dangers of Ukraine’s loss of control of the plant.
07/23/2022
Russia attacks Odesa with missiles. Though there is little damage, it is a clear violation of the agreement, and is denounced by UN Secretary General Guterres.
07/22/2022
Ukraine and Russia sign UN-brokered deal to allow Ukraine to ship its grain from Odesa and that neither the shipments nor port facilities will be attacked. Russia receives assurances that their shipments of grain and fertilizer will not be restrained by technical financial or other constraints. The goods are not sanctioned at this time.
06/01/2022
UN agrees to change from “Turkey” to “Türkiye.”
04/26/2022
General Assembly approves resolution requiring the five permanent members of the Security Council to justify any veto they cast. There is no other consequence for the veto, which would stand. While proposed two years ago, the resolution passed after Russia vetoed a resolution on ending Russian’s invasion of Ukraine.
04/26/2022
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres meets with Putin. He calls for an immediate ceasefire and evacuations from Mariupol.
04/07/2022
Russia is removed from the UN Human Rights Council.
04/05/2022
In a strongly worded speech to the UN Security Council, Zelenskyy criticizes the UN for not stepping in to halt the war in Ukraine or to prosecute Russian actions that are likely war crimes.
03/17/2022
UN Security Council resolves to secure a formal presence with Afghanistan.
03/02/2022
UN General Assembly votes to demand that Russia end hostilities in Ukraine.
02/27/2022
Ukraine files a case against Putin with the International Court of Justice.
02/25/2022
A vote to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the UN Security Council fails, but Russian is the only negative vote. Surprisingly, China abstains from the vote.
01/31/2022
UN Security Council to meet to discuss Ukraine situation. There are vituperative exchanges between Russia and western countries, especially the United States. Both sides accuse the other of fomenting war. US Secretary of State Anthony Blink and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet again.
09/12/2021
Russia and China independently promise humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. UN plans conference on aid.
10/18/2020
UN sanctions on Iran arms trade expire.
08/21/2020
Other western nations reject the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran.
08/04/2020
UN reports that North Korea may have developed nuclear weapons small enough to install on a ballistic missile.
07/10/2020
Russia and China veto a UN resolution to continue aid to Syria via Turkey. A second resolution passes after removing one of the two access points for aid, as demanded by Russia.
06/11/2020
US orders sanctions on the members of the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes during the war in Afghanistan.
05/29/2020
US announces it will cut ties with the World Health Organization.
05/29/2020
US announces it will cut ties with the World Health Organization.
05/20/2020
Madagascar signs confidentiality clause with World Health Organization to support clinical observations of the supposed cure for COVID-19, CovidOrganics. Madagascar has 370 cases and 2 deaths.
05/20/2020
World Health Organization reports that more than 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported for 5/19, the largest daily increase so far.
05/18/2020
US threatens to cut off funding to World Health Organization unless it makes reforms, specifically to demonstrate independence from China. The US is largely isolated in this demand.
02/12/2020
After the UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Libya, Hiftar’s forces say they will not allow the UN to use the only functioning airport in Tripoli. The UN has said that flight restrictions are hampering humanitarian efforts in Libya. Though Hiftar has not been able to breach Tripoli’s defenses, he has air superiority because of UAE-supplied drones, which cover all of Libya. Turkey has supplied the Tripoli government with drones. Libyan army denies that they are blocking UN planes, saying that the planes can land at Misrata, but they will not allow landings at an airport “controlled by a colonizer (Turkey).”
11/26/2019
UN issues dire forecast that unless greenhouse gases are reduced by 7.6% per year by 2030, the effects of climate change will be catastrophic.
09/04/2019
UN report suggests that coming election in Burundi is risky due to intimidation by government’s youth corps, the Imbonerakure, infiltration and repression of the opposition, and stifling of the media. President Nkurunziza is increasingly portrayed as divine and has repeatedly exceeded his authority.
09/03/2019
UN report says US, UK, and France may be complicit in possible war crimes by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
08/07/2019
UN report warns that land use is exacerbating climate change.
06/19/2019
UN report says that Khashoggi’s killing was ordered by the state, although it does not accuse any individuals.
03/01/2019
Two resolutions on Venezuela fail in the UN. Russia and China veto a US resolution calling for “the restoration of democracy.” A proposal by Russia that calls for a peaceful resolution to the crisis but also warns against military intervention fails to receive more than four votes.
01/09/2019
Brazil leaves UN migration pact.
12/17/2018
UN confirms existence of illegal Hezbollah tunnels from Lebanon to Israel.
11/21/2018
Australia rejects UN immigration agreement.
11/14/2018
Czech Republic says it will not sign UN immigration pact, the Global Compact for Migration, saying that it does not sufficiently distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. Babis says that it makes immigration a basic right. Hungary, Australia, Bulgaria, Austria, and the United States have already rejected the agreement, and Poland, Slovakia, and Italy are opposed to it.
10/31/2018
Austria says it will withdraw from UN agreement on migration, to be adopted in 12/18. The United States and Hungary have already said they would not participate.
10/31/2018
Austria to withdraw from UN agreement on migration, to be adopted in 12/18. The United States and Hungary have already said they would not participate.
08/30/2018
UN IAEA says Iran is still abiding by the terms of the JPCOA.
08/29/2018
UN accuses Nicaragua of widespread human rights violations during recent protests. Nicaragua rebuts the accusation.
08/28/2018
At UN court, US argues that UN has no jurisdiction over US sanctions on Iran.
08/28/2018
UN report suggests that all sides in the Yemen conflict may have committed war crimes.
08/28/2018
At UN court, US argues that UN has no jurisdiction over US sanctions on Iran.
08/20/2018
IAEA reports says that there is no indication that North Korea has ceased its nuclear activities.
07/17/2018
UN Human right spokesman calls on Nicaraguan government to halt violence against protestors and to open prisons to monitors.
06/13/2018
UN General Assembly condemns Israel for violence in Gaza protests.
06/01/2018
UN Security Council renews some sanctions on South Sudan and says it will consider further sanctions and a travel ban on some leaders if the fighting does end by 6/30.
05/31/2018
UN and Myanmar announce they have agreed on a plan to repatriate the Rohingya "in safety and dignity" at some point in the future, without any further details.
05/24/2018
UN Security Council meets to review reports of widespread human rights abuses in Burundi.
02/25/2018
UN resolution calls for a ceasefire in Ghouta, Dasmascus suburb being heavily bombed. Syria continues attacks.
02/23/2018
As interest in a new referendum on the EU grows, PM May calls meeting of top ministers to decide on whether Brexit should be a complete break or a more balanced agreement in which the UK adheres to some EU regulations and practices.
12/28/2017
US Pres Trump in a tweet says China selling oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions. South Korea later offers some support to the accusation, but China denies doing anything wrong.
12/22/2017
UN imposes increasing sanctions on North Korea, reducing the amount of refined petroleum that can be shipping there.
12/21/2017
UN votes 128 to 9 to oppose US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
12/18/2017
Security Council votes 14 -1 to reject Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem, with the US negative vote vetoing the resolution.
12/05/2017
UN diplomat visits North Korea, the first such talks, on “issues of mutual concern,” since 2011.
11/28/2017
UN peace talks on Syria resume. Syria’s delegation arrives on 11/29.
11/24/2017
Saudi Arabia allows UN to resume flights to Yemen.

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