UN cuts back Cyprus peacekeepers
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The UN Security Council agrees to reduce by a third its peacekeepers on the divided island of Cyprus.
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The Israeli army has begun its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, handing over some of their positions to a U.N force, the army said Thursday.
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The United Nations is withdrawing some staff from Nyala in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region because authorities are preventing them from doing their work.
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Palestinian officials have disbanded a Gaza security force feared by civilians, says a security official, marking a step toward reforms ahead of an election to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Greek Cypriots begin demolishing a key section of the barrier dividing the island's capital city, Nicosia.
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The United Nations on Monday scrapped a meeting of nations that might contribute troops to help stabilize south Lebanon, a decision that reflected the deep divisions among key nations on how to end the three-week war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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The U.N. secretary general said today that SyriaÂs president has agreed to cut off the illegal supply of arms.
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More than four years after Saddam Hussein's ouster, the Security Council voted Friday to shut down the U.N. inspection bodies that helped uncover his illegal weapons programs but were then banned from Iraq by the United States.
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The Security Council voted Tuesday to reduce the peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea from 2,300 troops to 1,700, expressing disappointment in the stalled process to draw the border between the feuding Horn of Africa neighbors.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to transfer peacekeeping duties in Bosnia from the NATO-led force to the European Union next month and called for all war crimes suspects to surrender.
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The UN renews the mandate for peacekeeping forces in Ivory Coast, which has been split in two since 2002.
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The United Nations said Thursday that it has suspended the use of rubber bullets while it reviews whether peacekeepers have potentially deadly expired ammunition that has hardened with age.
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Britain and France softened a U.N. resolution on Tuesday that would authorize up to 26,000 troops and police in Darfur by dropping a threat of "further measures" against Sudanese obstructing peace efforts.
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Israeli forces have withdrawn from   more than 80 percent of Lebanese territory conquered during the   offensive against Hizbollah, handing it over to U.N.   peacekeepers, the Israeli army said on Sunday.
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Lebanese officials have criticised a resolution passed by the UN Security Council calling on all foreign forces to leave the country - a clear reference to the 17,000 Syrian troops there.
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The UN extends the mandate of peacekeepers in Liberia, but votes to reduce the force in size.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has wasted tens of millions of dollars in its peacekeeping operations in Sudan over the past three years, according to the findings of U.N. auditors examining the financial practices of the global body's overseas missions.