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US blocks UN global ceasefire resolution, objecting to indirect reference to World Health Organization
May 18, 2020 10:47International diplomats were stunned and frustrated after the U.S. again blocked a United Nations resolution to call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. objected to any mention of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the resolution.
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Threatening Iranian tankers by US amounts to piracy, jeopardizes intl. peace: Zarif
May 17, 2020 15:05Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has issued stern warning against the US provocative acts through dispatching its naval forces to the Caribbean Sea with the goal of disrupting the course of Iranian tankers carrying fuel for Venezuela.
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Warring parties in Yemen make ‘significant progress’ on ceasefire agreement: UN envoy
May 15, 2020 04:06United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the warring parties in the impoverished Arab country have made “significant progress” toward agreement on a nationwide ceasefire.
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UN must stop illegal settlements in Palestine
May 11, 2020 12:43Several options are open to the UN to pressure the Zionist regime into ditching new settlement plans though. The onus must be on boycotts and sanctions. UN member states individually and collectively express their frustration with Israel’s policy of occupation, but so far that frustration has not coalesced into a determination to take action like for example economic sanctions.
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Yemen urges UN to pressure Saudi-led coalition over offloading stranded oil tanker
May 11, 2020 01:27The Yemeni minister of oil and minerals has called upon the United Nations to pressure the Saudi-led coalition involved in a campaign against his country into allowing the offloading of crude oil from a tanker afloat off the coast of Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah.
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Swiss humanitarian channel not enough to meet Iran’s needs: Takht Ravanchi
May 10, 2020 12:11Iran’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations says the trade channel launched by a Swiss bank to help the Islamic Republic use its overseas funds to procure food and medicine for its people amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic has so far failed to meet the country’s needs.
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Unilateral sanctions hamper Syria’s fight against coronavirus pandemic: UN envoy
May 10, 2020 11:09Unilateral sanctions hamper Syria’s fight against coronavirus pandemic: UN envoy
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US ‘bullying’ jeopardizes UN credibility: Iran’s Zarif
May 10, 2020 04:12Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that Washington’s “lawless bullying” against other countries will put the UN credibility at risk.
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In letter to Guterres, Iran FM calls for UN’s 'swift' action against US sanctions, withdrawal from JCPOA
May 09, 2020 09:57Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the United Nations to take a swift action and hold the United States liable for any consequences of its "unlawful withdrawal" from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal and its "unlawful" re-imposition of unilateral sanctions against the country.
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Terrorists upping attacks on Syrian civilians during pandemic, situation deteriorating: UN
May 08, 2020 13:16The United Nations Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet has said that Syria’s situation is a “ticking time-bomb” as terrorist groups such as the Daesh Takfiri outfit exploit the COVID-19 pandemic and heighten attacks on civilians.