The U.N.and U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, last month, to force it to stop enriching uranium for its controversial nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

UNIFIL, the U.N.peacekeeping force in Lebanon, urged both sides to avoid any action that could raise tensions.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The U.N.peacekeeping force in South Lebanon,UNIFIL, sought to calm tensions.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Colonel Oxel Agnel is an officer in the U.N.force.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Two reports by the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC and the Office of the U.N.High Commissioner for Human Rights describe some particularly heinous crimes committed by rebel groups and Congolese armed forces.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

For the U.N.to keep urging that peace be created first before a U.N.peacekeeping force can be sent continues to deny the Somali people badly-needed international forces to assist in the stabilization of that country,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Since Ethiopia's withdrawal in January, al-Shabab began cooperating with another Islamist group called Hisbul Islam to topple the U.N.-backed, but weak transitional federal government, and to force more than 5,000 AU peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi to abandon their mission.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21