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ICC move to probe Israel for war crimes ‘opens the door’ for justice in Palestine: UN
Feb 10, 2021 03:36A UN expert says the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s ruling on its jurisdiction to investigate Zionist entity’s war crimes in the occupied territories “opens the door” for justice in Palestine.
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Iran supports efforts made by UN to resolve crisis in Yemen: FM
Feb 08, 2021 14:01Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Islamic Republic is ready to support special efforts made by the United Nations to resolve the ongoing crisis in the war-torn Yemen.
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UN special envoy discusses Yemen crisis in Tehran
Feb 08, 2021 03:28The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths held a meeting with Iranian diplomats in Tehran for talks about the Yemen crisis and ways to settle the conflict.
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Iran to give ‘decisive response’ to any Israeli threat, envoy tells UN chief
Feb 07, 2021 03:29Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has warned about Israeli officials’ provocative and hawkish remarks, saying Tehran will give a decisive response to any Israeli threat.
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UN Security Council calls for release of detainees in coup-hit Myanmar
Feb 05, 2021 10:48The United Nations Security Council has expressed “deep concern” by the recent military coup in Myanmar, calling for the “release of all detainees”, including the Southeast Asian country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Syria demands Security Council take firm measures against Israeli acts of aggression
Feb 04, 2021 13:22Syria has once again called on the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities within the framework of the UN Charter, and to adopt prompt and practical measures to stop illegal Zionist entity’s act of aggression against Syria.
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Iran hails UN court’s rebuff of US objections in sanctions case
Feb 03, 2021 15:53Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hails an interim ruling by the United Nations’ top court rebuffing Washington’s claim that the tribunal lacks jurisdiction to judge a lawsuit filed by Tehran against illegal US sanctions.
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UN chief says ‘a lot of work’ needs to be done on JCPOA revival, no ‘immediate’ solution in sight
Jan 29, 2021 14:55United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says he does not expect an "immediate" revival of a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers that the US unilaterally left three years later.
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Amnesty International urges EU to follow Biden’s UAE, Saudi weapons freeze
Jan 29, 2021 09:11Amnesty International has welcomed the United States decision to freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling on European countries to follow suit and end weapons exports to the two countries involved in the devastating war on Yemen.
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UN labor agency: Pandemic job losses four times higher than after 2009 financial collapse
Jan 29, 2021 05:54Surveying the widespread and devastating wreckage the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on the world economy over the past nine months, the United Nations' labor agency estimated recently that the Covid-19 crisis caused a loss of 8.8% of global working hours in 2020—the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs.