The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.
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The U.N. Security Council met Sunday afternoon to discuss Friday's massacre in the Syrian town of Houla, which the United Nations has blamed on the Syrian government but Damascus and Moscow suggested was due to a rebel attack. (3:39 pm)
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The U.N. Security Council is to meet Sunday afternoon to discuss the Houla massacre in Syria, diplomats said. (9:15 am)
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Top officials of the United Nations on Saturday condemned in the strongest possible terms the confirmed killing of dozens of men, women, and children -- and the wounding of hundreds more -- in the village of Houla, outside Homs. (10:53 pm)
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The apparent results of Egypt's first round of presidential-election voting are troubling for the country's women. Likely runoff contestants are Mohammed Morsi, who is the preferred candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood' Freedom and Just... (May 25)
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon still believes Kofi Annan is the best hope of ending violence in Syria, although he admitted that "at this time, we don't have any plan B." (May 25)
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United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe. (May 25)
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European airlines may risk an embargo from India's airspace, should Brussels impose sanctions on Indian carriers over carbon emissions. Brussels is facing the heat from several nations, including China, Russia, over an EU carbon emissions tradin... (May 25)
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The Obama Administration is considered a secure way to send weapons to rebels fighting President Assad in Syria. (May 24)
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Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah ahead of Lebanon’s 12th anniversary of Liberation Day, when the Israeli army withdrew from the country in 2000. (May 24)
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