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UN urges Mozambique to investigate murder, beheadings
Nov 11, 2020 13:45The United Nations has called on Mozambique to investigate reports that an armed group murdered villagers and beheaded women and children in a violence-wracked northern region.
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Iranian, UN diplomats discuss Afghanistan developments
Nov 09, 2020 03:56The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan at a meeting in Tehran.
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Western politicians’ hateful speeches ‘threat to human rights’: Iran envoy
Nov 06, 2020 08:48Iran’s representative at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly has warned that the recent increase in hate-mongering speeches by Western politicians is a serious threat to human rights.
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UN experts concerned over deteriorating health of Saudi activist on hunger strike
Nov 06, 2020 03:24UN experts have expressed grave concern over the rapidly worsening health condition of jailed Saudi women's right activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has been on hunger strike since last week, demanding her immediate release.
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UNHCR chief says for world’s 80m displaced, international aid ‘life-saving’
Nov 05, 2020 16:15The United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi said many refugees live within communities, rather than camps, where they are additionally impacted by the “pandemic of poverty.” Many are informal workers, whose livelihoods have been thrown into disarray. This has led to rising demands for assistance, even in countries that have offered refugees sanctuary for decades.
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UN calls on Israel to end administrative detention, swiftly free hunger striker Akhras
Oct 26, 2020 10:24The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to put an end to the practice of administrative detention and immediately release Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger strike for the past three months and is going through the medically critical phase.
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Iran on United Nations Day: World has to reject unilateralism, coercion
Oct 25, 2020 02:41On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations foundation, Iran says the world has to reject “unilateralism and coercion.”
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UN urges ‘maximum restraint, peaceful demos’ in Nigeria
Oct 21, 2020 14:26UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged an end to Nigerian police ‘brutality’ against the backdrop of ‘multiple deaths’ reported during protests in the main city of Lagos.
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Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC
Oct 21, 2020 02:51The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, saying those territories have always been and will remain Iranian.
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Region needs collective efforts to establish inclusive dialogue, security networking: Iran FM
Oct 21, 2020 02:40The Iranian foreign minister has stressed the importance of implementing Tehran’s peace initiative to promote security in the Persian Gulf, dubbed Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE), calling for collective cooperation among neighbors to establish “inclusive dialogue and security networking” in the region.