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Spokesman raps US senators’ push to deny new Iranian president visa for UNGA
Aug 02, 2021 01:58The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed as “childish and naive” a move by a number of US senators to call on President Joe Biden to deny entry visa to Iranian President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for participation in the UN General Assembly next month.
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100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
Jul 30, 2021 11:40The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels.
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Iran slams Security Council’s ‘seven decades’ of silence over Israeli atrocities
Jul 29, 2021 07:57An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has censured the UN Security Council’s seven decades of utter silence against all unlawful acts committed by the Israeli regime, saying the history of mankind testifies that when unlawful acts go unpunished, they are repeated.
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Syria to UNSC: Israeli regime aerial acts of aggression violate intl. law
Jul 29, 2021 07:54Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations has denounced Israeli regime aerial assaults on Syrian territories as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, international law and Security Council resolutions that urge respect for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Lebanon calls on UN to force Israel into implementing Security Council Resolution 1701
Jul 27, 2021 00:59Lebanese President Michel Aoun has called on the United Nations to compel the Tel Aviv regime to implement Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 33-day-long Israeli military onslaught on the country in the summer of 2006 and demands respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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UN rights chief's remarks on Khuzestan events ‘meddlesome, politically-motivated: Iran Foreign Ministry
Jul 25, 2021 01:03Iran has dismissed the meddlesome and politically-motivated remarks by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the recent incidents in the country’s Khuzestan Province, saying her words are more like a “political statement with hostile literature” than the remarks of an international human rights official.
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WHO concerned over 'long term' impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health
Jul 22, 2021 14:28The mental health impact of the pandemic will be "long-term and far-reaching", the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, as experts and leaders called for action on COVID-linked anxiety and stress.
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Syria says to spare no effort to defend its sovereignty after new Israeli raid
Jul 22, 2021 14:19Reacting to Zionist entity’s new airstrikes, Syria says it will spare no effort to defend its sovereignty in the face of Israeli acts of aggression.
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Yemenis gather in front of UN office, urge pressure on Riyadh to lift siege
Jul 20, 2021 13:58On Eid al-Adha, Yemenis from all walks of life came together in front of the United Nations office in the capital, Sana'a, to call on the international community to pressure Saudi Arabia into lifting the blockade imposed on the war-torn country.
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UN, EU and World Bank back siege on Gaza
Jul 16, 2021 09:34A new study of Gaza’s reconstruction needs, published by the UN, EU and World Bank, demonstrates anew the harmful role played by these institutions in Palestine.