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With rich states hoarding, WHO urges African nations to use expired vaccines
Apr 23, 2021 05:59The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised African countries to retain Covid-19 vaccines that have reached the end of their expiry date and wait for further instructions.
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Iran at UN: Unilateral coercive measures imperil food security in targeted states
Apr 22, 2021 01:11Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi says unilateral coercive measures, especially at a time when the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, pose a threat to food security in the targeted countries, stressing the necessity of their swift and complete removal.
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UN, partners demand withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya
Apr 21, 2021 06:43A broad grouping of countries and organizations has demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya.
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UN rights experts demand release of Dubai ruler's missing daughter Princess Latifa
Apr 21, 2021 02:34UN experts have called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide information about a daughter of Dubai’s ruler and release her, more than two months after she said she was being held against her will at a barricaded villa in the Persian Gulf country.
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Global COVID-19 death toll passes grim 3 million mark
Apr 18, 2021 06:18The worldwide COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 3 million as countries compete with one another over vaccines for immunization.
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Iranian official, UN envoy discuss political solutions for Syria crisis
Apr 16, 2021 01:03A senior adviser to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs and the UN special envoy for Syria held talks on the situation in the Arab country.
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Syria urges UNSC to adopt firm, immediate action against Israeli attacks
Apr 09, 2021 01:57Syria has renewed its call for the United Nations Security Council to take a “firm and immediate” action against acts of aggression by the Tel Aviv regime, urging the world body to hold to account Israeli authorities over their support for terrorism, crimes against the Syrian and Palestinian nations as well as their backing of Takfiri terror outfits.
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WHO’s COVID origin report is out, now the hard work begins
Apr 07, 2021 12:16Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies similar to the coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the globe.
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WHO chief blasts 'grotesque' vaccine inequality as rich nations block speedy end of global pandemic
Apr 02, 2021 09:35As rich nations and pharmaceutical companies face sustained calls to share COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, the head of the World Health Organization has recently decried the "grotesque" global inequality of vaccine distribution.
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Rights activists urge France to conduct probe into possible war crime in Mali
Apr 02, 2021 06:17Human rights activists have called on France to open an investigation into a January 3 airstrike on central Mali after a United Nations probe confirmed that the aerial attack had resulted in at least 19 civilian deaths.