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Norwegian diplomat becomes UN's fourth Syria envoy
Nov 01, 2018 03:19Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen has been appointed as the UN's new envoy for Syria, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Austria refuses to sign UN migration pact
Oct 31, 2018 12:40Austria said Wednesday it will not sign a United Nations migration pact that is set to be adopted in December, in order to "defend its national sovereignty."
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UN rights chief urges intl. experts to help murdered Saudi journalist’s investigation
Oct 31, 2018 02:37United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called for international experts to be involved in an independent investigation into the murder of prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul earlier this month.
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Australians demand refugees held on Nauru, Manus be brought to country
Oct 27, 2018 09:52Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne in protest at the government’s anti-refugee policy, demanding asylum seekers, held in squalid camps on remote islands of Manus and Nauru, be brought to the country.
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Damascus government will not allow Idlib to turn into terrorist stronghold: Envoy
Oct 26, 2018 16:00Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja'afari says the incumbent Damascus government will not allow foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists to turn the embattled northwestern province of Idlib into a new haven for themselves.
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UN agency registers 'Persian Gulf' in official certificate
Oct 22, 2018 10:43A senior Iranian official says the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is a United Nations agency, has officially registered the "Persian Gulf Pearl" as a property of the Islamic Republic, implying that the geographical name 'the Persian Gulf' itself has been recognized by the agency.
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Foreign officials hold meetings at Iran’s Foreign Ministry
Oct 22, 2018 04:14A number of officials from international organizations and foreign countries met Iranian diplomats at Iran’s Foreign Ministry for talks on various issues, including ways to settle the crises in Yemen and Syria.
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Syria writes to UN about US 'war crime' after airstrike in Dayr al-Zawr
Oct 21, 2018 09:53Syria has written to the United Nations, urging a transparent and impartial probe into the recent massacre of scores of civilians in a US airstrike in the Arab country’s east.
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Envoy to UN: US has killed 66 Iranian children
Oct 19, 2018 10:00Iran's ambassador to the UN says the US cannot cover up the crimes Israel commits against the Palestinian children, adding Washington is also the killer of 66 Iranian kids.
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UN Syria envoy de Mistura to step down at end of November
Oct 18, 2018 01:10The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has announced that he would resign at the end of November for "family" reasons.