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China slams Taiwan ‘venomous’ attack on WHO as US takes side with Taipei in coronavirus row
Apr 10, 2020 08:18China and the United State have clashed again over Taiwan as Beijing joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in a row over the coronavirus outbreak, but Washington took sides with the self-ruled island.
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UN Chief urges unity among UNSC members in face of coronavirus pandemic
Apr 10, 2020 08:17The head of the United Nations has called for unity among Security Council members, warning that the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat to world peace or trigger opportunistic biological terrorist attacks.
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Trump using coronavirus to score political points: WHO
Apr 09, 2020 03:04The World Health Organization has hit back at the US president over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying Donald Trump is politicizing the virus.
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US sanctions serving coronavirus, detrimental to entire world
Apr 08, 2020 02:46Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations stressed the need for the removal of the US’ unilateral sanctions for an effective global battle with the coronavirus, saying those sanctions harm the whole world amid the efforts to contain the pandemic.
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UN adopts resolution of global fight against COVID-19, fails to condemns US unilateral sanctions
Apr 03, 2020 03:01The UN General Assembly has unanimously approved a resolution for the first time on the coronavirus pandemic, calling for “multilateralism” in the fight against the virus, but failed to condemn unilateral US sanctions against countries.
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Iran’s COVID-19 situation will greatly change in coming days: Health minister
Apr 03, 2020 02:18Iran's health minister has said that the country’s international standing in regards to containing the coronavirus outbreak will “greatly change” in coming days.
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As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks nationwide ceasefire in Yemen
Apr 03, 2020 01:08UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths has engaged in talks with the country's warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire amid fears of the spread of the new coronavirus in the war-ravaged impoverished Arab nation.
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Iran medical body writes to Guterres, slams UN inaction on cruel US bans
Apr 02, 2020 08:12The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the world’s body failure to push for the lifting of cruel US sanctions at a critical time when the Islamic Republic is fighting a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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Syria UN envoy calls for lifting of sanctions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 31, 2020 09:35Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari has called upon the international community to work on lifting illegal economic sanctions and coercive measures imposed on his war-ravaged country and other states as the world is battling to rein in a deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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US inhuman sanctions harming efforts to combat virus pandemic: Syria
Mar 31, 2020 00:50Syria has blasted “inhuman sanctions” imposed by the United States against a number of countries, raising the alarm that the restrictive measures are hampering global efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic.