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Afghanistan summons UN official over meeting with president’s rival
Mar 13, 2020 15:06The Afghan Foreign Ministry has summoned the United Nations (UN) special representative for Afghanistan to protest his meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, a former official and a rival to Ashraf Ghani.
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Zarif calls on removal of the illegal sanctions to help fighting coronavirus epidemic
Mar 12, 2020 14:23Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written a letter to the United Nations secretary general, calling lifting of the unilateral and illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on the country, which have greatly hampered the Islamic Republic’s fight against the new coronavirus epidemic.
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Iran: NGOs, student organizations urge UN to end brutality against Muslims in India
Mar 08, 2020 16:07A large group of Iranian student organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals have penned a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, asking her to take decisive action to end the ongoing wave of violent attacks and brutality against Muslims in India.
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Public attempt to control fake news about the coronavirus
Mar 06, 2020 16:35Dr. Mike Ryan, Head of the WHO's Health Emergency Program, at a WHO briefing on the coronavirus earlier this month said "We need a vaccine against misinformation." China is the world's most populous country has the largest market of Internet users globally: 21% of the world's 3.8 billion Internet users, so fake news can spread quickly online. A 2018 study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that "false news spreads more rapidly on the social network Twitter than real news does."
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WHO: World not taking coronavirus seriously enough
Mar 06, 2020 07:27World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a "disturbing" lack of hospital preparedness.
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Trump disputes WHO on coronavirus death rate, cites his ‘hunch’
Mar 05, 2020 13:57US President Donald Trump has disputed a new report from the World Health Organization that 3.4 percent of people who contract the coronavirus die from it, citing only his "hunch."
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Nearly 300 million students worldwide missing class due to coronavirus outbreak: UNESCO
Mar 05, 2020 13:44The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says the new coronavirus outbreak has deprived nearly 300 million students of their schooling, as the highly-contagious disease has so far infected more than 95,000 people worldwide.
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With human rights under attack, UN chief unveils blueprint for positive change
Feb 28, 2020 13:40The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said human trafficking affects “every region of the world”, leaving women and girls “enslaved, exploited and abused”, unable to realize their potential. He said journalists and civil society are also under threat, with activists jailed, religious groups and minorities – including indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees – persecuted under “overly broad definitions of national security.”
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States must respect rights of those in isolation over virus: UN
Feb 28, 2020 01:48The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says countries should use quarantine against the deadly new coronavirus only when they are truly needed.
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Health Ministry: More Iranian coronavirus patients discharged from hospital
Feb 27, 2020 14:40An Iranian Health Ministry official says despite the surging number of coronavirus cases across the country, more patients have recovered and been released from the hospital during past days, depicting a promising prognosis for Iranians contracting coronavirus infection.