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On World Refugee Day, Gazans protest against UNRWA aid cuts
Jun 20, 2023 14:09Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have held protests against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees cutting down aid to them as they marked World Refugee Day.
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UN special envoy will attend Astana talks on Syria: Russia
Jun 20, 2023 08:52UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will take part in the upcoming round of talks on the Syrian conflict in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, according to a Russian official.
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UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Israel’s unrelenting settlement expansion
Jun 20, 2023 01:49The United Nations has voiced deep concern about Israel’s plan to approve the construction of a significant number of new settler units in the occupied West Bank.
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Antonio Guterres slams 'pitiful' world response to climate change
Jun 16, 2023 04:30UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the world is racing toward a climate change disaster, dismissing the current global response as woefully inadequate.
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Arab Parliament urges intl. community to end silence on Israeli atrocities
Jun 16, 2023 04:21The Arab Parliament has called on the international community to end its silence on persisting Israeli atrocities across the occupied Palestine and compel the Tel Aviv regime to abide by the United Nations resolution barring construction of illegal settlements.
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Unilateral sanctions undermine efforts to combat climate change, must end immediately: Iravani
Jun 14, 2023 08:41Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations says unilateral sanctions act as barriers to the targeted countries’ contributions to global efforts aimed at tackling climate change problems, demanding an immediate stop to the coercive measures.
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Sudan declares UN envoy persona non grata
Jun 09, 2023 03:59Sudan's government has declared the UN Envoy Volker Perthes "persona non grata" two weeks after the army chief accused him of fueling the country's internal conflicts and called for his removal.
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N Korea: UN Security Council turned into US ‘political appendage’ by accepting its 'robbery demands'
Jun 04, 2023 03:37North Korea has bitterly criticized the United Nations Security Council for its meeting on Pyongyang’s recent satellite launch at the request of the United States, vowing to take further self-defensive steps.
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Iran elected as vice president of United Nations General Assembly
Jun 02, 2023 08:39The Islamic Republic of Iran has been elected as one of the five vice-presidents of the United Nations General Assembly from the Asia-Pacific group for the upcoming 78th session of the principal organ of the world body.
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UN envoy calls for ‘serious steps’ to bring peace to war-torn Yemen
May 30, 2023 08:48The UN special envoy for Yemen has urged both parties of the war to take “serious steps” toward lasting peace amid intensified mediation efforts to resolve the eight-year conflict.