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North Korea rejects UN rights resolution
Nov 17, 2019 10:21North Korea has dismissed a United Nations (UN) resolution on the country’s human rights record as a scheme orchestrated by the United States to undermine Pyongyang.
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BRICS members call for reform in UN, IMF, and WTO amid rising protectionism in the West
Nov 16, 2019 06:22Members of the international group of emerging nations, BRICS, have called for comprehensive reforms in the United Nations as well as global trade and monitory bodies, in the face of rising protectionism and unilateralism.
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UN: Daesh militants’ home states must take them back
Nov 12, 2019 14:29UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the home countries of Daesh terrorists captured in Iraq and Syria must take back their terrorist nationals.
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UN finds: Morsi's death ‘state-sanctioned arbitrary killing’
Nov 09, 2019 06:09A panel of UN experts have found that the detention conditions of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may have directly led to his death in June.
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UN envoy: Syria’s talks have ‘gone much better’, new round to be held on Nov. 25
Nov 09, 2019 05:01United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen says the opening round of talks aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria has been “better than expected”, with a new round due to be held in Geneva later this month.
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UN report finds Jordan, Turkey and UAE violated Libya arms embargo
Nov 08, 2019 09:16Jordan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have regularly violated the UN arms embargo imposed on Libya since 2011, according to a confidential report by UN experts seen on Thursday by reporters.
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S. Carolina prisoners appeal to the UN for relief from torturous conditions
Nov 07, 2019 05:47South Carolina’s prison system has reached a breaking point, and right now it is breaking the mind, bodies, and spirits of human beings.
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UN chief voices ‘deep concerns’ over plight of Rohingya refugees
Nov 03, 2019 11:16UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over the plight of Muslim Rohingya refugees, most of them stranded in Bangladesh, urging Myanmar to ensure their “safe” return home.
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UN-backed Syria peace talks commence in Geneva
Oct 31, 2019 10:26The UN-backed peace talks on Syria are now underway in the Swiss city of Geneva, as the representatives from the Syrian government and Western-backed opposition came together for the first time since the start of the bloody conflict in 2011.
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Venezuela denounces EU-UN conference on refugee crisis
Oct 30, 2019 09:54The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says a recent conference by the United Nations and the European Union on the Latin American refugee crisis is a "hypocritical" exercise aimed at isolating Caracas.