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UN calls on Taliban to suspend ban on female aid workers
Dec 27, 2022 02:31The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to reverse a decision to ban female humanitarian workers as millions of people are in need of humanitarian assistance in harsh winter conditions.
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In first resolution on Myanmar in decades, UN Security Council urges release of political prisoners
Dec 22, 2022 12:38The United Nations Security Council has called on Myanmar's military rulers to end violence and release all political prisoners, in its first ever resolution on the country in more than seven decades.
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Syria: UNSC must stop recurrent Israeli attacks, remove blockade
Dec 22, 2022 11:34Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to strongly condemn Israel’s acts of aggression against the Arab country and put an immediate end to the regime’s recurrent attacks.
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Iran's UN envoy: Frozen Afghan funds must be released unconditionally
Dec 21, 2022 08:21Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) has called for the removal of curbs and “unconditional” release of billions of dollars of frozen Afghan Central Bank's funds to enable the war-ravaged country to deal with its deepening economic and humanitarian crises.
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UN calls on US to lift Iran sanctions, extend waivers on oil trade
Dec 20, 2022 09:04The United Nations has called on the United States to lift or waive its sanctions against Iran as per the 2015 nuclear agreement, and to extend the waivers regarding the trade in oil with the country.
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Afghan Taliban, Myanmar junta not allowed into UN for now
Dec 17, 2022 10:35The UN General Assembly has for the second time approved postponing a decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar’s military junta can send a UN ambassador to New York.
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Hamas hails UN resolution in favor of Palestine’s self-determination
Dec 16, 2022 13:08The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas has welcomed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that affirms the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and ends the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.
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‘Devoid of legitimacy’: Iran slams UNGA’s political resolution
Dec 16, 2022 04:32Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the resolution passed by the UN General Assembly about human rights in Iran is “devoid of legitimacy,” urging the West to stop exploiting international mechanisms to further its political goals.
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Iran says US ‘in no position’ to advocate women’s rights after sham UN vote
Dec 15, 2022 04:43Iran's deputy envoy to the United Nations hit out at the US-backed move to oust the country from the UN women's body saying Washington and its allies are in no position to advocate women's rights while supporting Israeli crimes against Palestinian women.
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Protesters condemn campaign to remove Iran from UN Women’s Commission
Dec 15, 2022 05:39The streets in front of the United Nations office in Tehran once again became the scene of peaceful protests. This time a group of Iranian activists and students gathered to condemn an attempt by several Western governments to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women or CSW, over what they call the Iranian government's violations of women's rights and crackdown on protests.