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Cutting WHO’s funding is reckless and deadly
Apr 26, 2020 15:07By halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), US President Donald Trump is deliberately endangering the lives of millions of people around the world, particularly those most at risk during this historic pandemic in war-torn regions. A global health emergency demands a global response, not politics. The World Health Organization provides vital international assistance and coordination.
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Iran's FM, UN Chief urge humanitarian aid for Yemen amid COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 26, 2020 10:25Iran's top diplomat and the UN chief have urged the necessity of ensuring security of Yemeni borders and ports in order to facilitate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the war-stricken Yemeni people amid the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Syria envoy denounces UN failure to enforce resolutions on Israeli occupation
Apr 24, 2020 03:16Syria’s UN ambassador says the Security Council has failed the Arab world by not enforcing its resolutions on the Israeli occupation due to pressure from certain permanent members of the council.
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China dismisses US allegations on COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 24, 2020 00:11China has once again dismissed as disinformation allegations by the United States that Beijing covered up the COVID-19 outbreak.
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UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 13:53The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran’s Judiciary dismisses UN rights report on prison furloughs amid virus outbreak
Apr 21, 2020 10:20The Iranian Judiciary has dismissed as politically-motivated a United Nations human rights report that suggests Iranian prisoners face discrimination when it comes to receiving furloughs during a new coronavirus outbreak, saying Iran’s performance in dealing with the issue — compared to that of the West — has been “exemplary.”
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WHO says life with coronavirus must be considered new normal +World updates
Apr 21, 2020 08:32The World Health Organization (WHO) says life with the new coronavirus must be considered a new normal until vaccination or effective treatment is developed for the disease caused by the pathogen (COVID-19).
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Trump’s defunding of the WHO threatens to make the pandemic worse
Apr 19, 2020 14:36If US President Donald Trump were serious about containing the coronavirus pandemic, he would be proposing large grants to bolster public health systems and disease containment strategies globally. Instead, all-too-predictably, as U.S. death rates from the virus soar, he seeks to score cheap political points with his base by castigating and now defunding the World Health Organization.
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UN Chief calls for protection of Palestinian prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 17, 2020 12:48United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded the protection of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails and detention facilities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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US Republicans call for WHO chief to resign
Apr 17, 2020 06:12Republican US lawmakers have thrown their weight behind President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), insisting that unless its director general resigns Washington should not resume payments to the international body.