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UN warns of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths amid combination of disease, hunger
Feb 20, 2024 14:33The United Nations has warned that spread of diseases and acute malnutrition could spark an “explosion” in preventable child deaths in the Gaza Strip amid the genocidal Israeli war.
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Iran: UN must take action to prevent further Israeli mass atrocities in Rafah
Feb 19, 2024 16:20Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United Nations must take action to prevent further mass atrocities by the Israeli regime in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
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Israel's push to disband UNRWA
Feb 19, 2024 08:17UNRWA is facing a crisis after Israel accused some of its members of being affiliated with Hamas resistance movement and to have helped it with Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
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Irish FM slams ‘abuse’ of veto power at UN Security Council
Feb 18, 2024 12:36The Irish foreign minister has censured the “dysfunctional” United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying the five-state veto power at the council has “no place in the 21st century.”
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Algeria pushes for UNSC resolution on Gaza truce; US vows to veto it
Feb 18, 2024 10:22Algeria requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a move the United States - a Council veto power – has pledged to veto.
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Lebanon lodges complaint at UN against Israel over deadly strikes
Feb 16, 2024 12:34Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations has filed a formal complaint before the UN Security Council following the death of at least 10 civilians in two Israeli airstrikes in the south of the country.
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Ireland pledges funding for UNRWA after US-led withdrawal of support
Feb 16, 2024 08:59Ireland has pledged €20 million ($16.7 million) funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after the US and its allies suspended their assistance for the agency based on unsubstantiated Israeli allegations.
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Israeli troops force medics, patients, displaced from Khan Younis hospital
Feb 16, 2024 07:38Israeli forces have stormed Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians and the ill and injured people are taking shelter.
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Venezuela charges UN human rights office with conspiring with coup plotters
Feb 16, 2024 07:38The Venezuelan government has ordered the local UN human rights office to “suspend its activities” and vacate its staff within 72 hours, accusing the body of conspiring against the country.
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Russia, China denounce US-UK stirkes on Yemen as illegal
Feb 15, 2024 14:43Russia and China have denounced as illegal the strikes by the United States and United Kingdom against targets in Yemen, saying they were not authorized by the United Nations Security Council.