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Israel turns occupied Palestinian territories into 'open-air prison': UN expert
Jul 12, 2023 05:43A UN expert has condemned Israel’s systematic and arbitrary detention of Palestinians, saying the regime has essentially turned the Occupied Territories into “an open- air prison.”
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UN agency designates Iran’s rainfed fig orchards as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System
Jul 10, 2023 02:38The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has formally designated a unique rainfed fig-growing region in Iran as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), along with two other sites in Asia.
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Airstrike kills 22 in Sudan's Omdurman, drawing condemnation from UN chief
Jul 09, 2023 04:39An airstrike by the Sudanese army on western city of Omdurman has killed nearly two dozen people, drawing strong condemnation from the secretary general of the United Nations.
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Palestinian envoy urges UN to hold Israel accountable for ‘barbaric’ raid on Jenin
Jul 06, 2023 08:22Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations has denounced the “barbaric” Israeli onslaught on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, calling on the world body to hold the occupying regime accountable for its crimes.
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UN experts: Israeli military campaign in Jenin may constitute war crime
Jul 06, 2023 08:20A group of United Nations experts has ruled that Israel's recent murderous and hugely destructive land and aerial military campaign against the northern West Bank city of Jenin might constitute a "war crime."
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Iran says establishment of UN mission on last year riots ‘politically-motivated’
Jul 05, 2023 14:12Iran has rejected a report by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 riots in the country, saying the establishment of such a mission by the UN Human Rights Council has been "a politically-motivated and unacceptable" move.
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UN chief urges world to make Haiti ‘top priority’ to fight criminal gangs
Jul 02, 2023 05:57United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world leaders to make the Caribbean state of Haiti their “top priority” and help a “rapid action force” to support the island’s failing police in their fight against criminal gangs.
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China's UN envoy calls for greater humanitarian funding for Syria
Jul 01, 2023 11:56China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has called upon concerned parties to increase support and bridge humanitarian funding gaps in Syria so that aid is reaching where it is most needed.
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UN ends Mali peacekeeping mission at government request
Jul 01, 2023 09:58The United Nations Security Council has voted to end a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali after the country’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called the operation a "failure" and demanded its immediate halt.
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Russia urges UN Security Council expansion to counter Western dominance
Jun 30, 2023 14:12Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia has called for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include more non-Western countries.