United Nations

Venezuela denounces EU-UN conference on refugee crisis

Oct 30, 2019 09:54

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says a recent conference by the United Nations and the European Union on the Latin American refugee crisis is a "hypocritical" exercise aimed at isolating Caracas.
Iran envoy slams UNSC’s failure to implement anti-Israeli resolutions

Oct 29, 2019 05:38

Iran has censured the UN Security Council’s inaction in the face of Israel’s aggressive policies against Palestinians, saying the body’s continuous failure to implement dozens of resolutions passed against the occupying regime could have “more devastating effects than war.”
UN says cannot verify credibility of US statement on al-Baghdadi's death

Oct 29, 2019 05:29

Spokesman for the UN Secretary General says the world body cannot verify the accuracy of the United States' claim on the death of Daesh leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Golan will remain integral part of Syria: Ambassador Ja’afari

Oct 29, 2019 04:51

Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari says the occupied Golan Heights will always remain an integral part of Syria despite attempts by the White House and Tel Aviv to distort the reality.
UN envoy says only Syrians entitled to make decision on constitution

Oct 28, 2019 14:51

Special Envoy of the United Nations for Syria Geir Pedersen says only the Syrian people are entitled to make a decision about their country's draft constitution and determine the fate of their country.
New protests hit Iraq as UN envoy warns of infiltration

Oct 28, 2019 09:53

Students and schoolchildren have joined protests in the capital Baghdad and cities in southern Iraq, defying the education minister who had warned them against partaking in the unrest.
UN says Turkish offensive in north Syria displaced nearly 180,000 people

Oct 25, 2019 13:08

The United Nations says Turkey’s now-suspended offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Syria has displaced about 180,000 people, including tens of thousands of children.
UN deploying team in Chile to investigate human rights violations allegations

Oct 25, 2019 12:04

The United Nations said on Friday it would send a mission to Chile to investigate allegations of rights violations, as announced this week by UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile.
WHO says cholera has killed over 910 people in Yemen since January

Oct 22, 2019 02:32

The World Health Organization (WHO) says cholera has killed more than 910 people in war-torn Yemen since January and nearly 700,000 suspected cholera cases has been reported.
UN, WHO fail to open humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemenis: Health minister

Oct 19, 2019 12:20

The Yemeni minister of public health and population has criticized the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) for their failure to open a humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemeni civilians, who are suffering from conditions that cannot be treated inside the war-battered Arab country.