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UN says millions in Britain deliberately plunged into “great misery”
Dec 01, 2018 16:53The report on poverty and human rights in Britain by United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston is an extraordinary depiction of the social catastrophe devastating the working class. For years, the special rapporteur only investigated “developing” countries such as China, Ghana and Mauritania, where “extreme poverty” is endemic.
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UN aid chief calls for end to Saudi war on Yemen
Nov 29, 2018 14:25The UN aid chief has appealed for a halt to fighting in Yemen amid intense diplomacy to end the ongoing Saudi aggression that has pushed millions to the brink of famine.
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Germany calls on France to give UN seat to EU
Nov 28, 2018 16:54German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has proposed that France give up its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and turn it into an EU seat to allow the bloc to speak with one voice on the global stage.
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Rohingya say Bangladesh, aid agencies must stop collecting information for Myanmar
Nov 26, 2018 14:18Rohingya refugees in southeast Bangladesh have staged a massive protest and strike, demanding that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar’s government.
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Saudi-led attacks on Yemen’s Hudaydah will destroy UN peace efforts: Ansarullah
Nov 26, 2018 04:05The spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement says the uptick in Saudi-led airstrikes on the strategic port city of Hudaydah will eventually frustrate efforts by United Nations Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to rekindle peace talks in Sweden next month.
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Iran once again asks to participate in humanitarian activities in Yemen
Nov 24, 2018 01:57The secretary general of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) expressed deep concern over the ongoing human tragedy caused by the Saudi-led war on Yemen and once again voiced the country’s readiness to send humanitarian assistance to the impoverished country.
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Ansarullah to discuss giving UN ‘leading role’ in Hudaydah port: UN envoy
Nov 23, 2018 17:05Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement has agreed to negotiate handing the United Nations a “leading UN role” in managing the vital Hudaydah port-city, according to UN envoy Martin Griffiths.
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UN: Zionist entity has escalated violations of Lebanon airspace
Nov 23, 2018 08:11The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon says the illegal Zionist entity has sharply increased its almost daily aerial violations in Lebanese airspace, urging the regime to halt them.
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UN says level of greenhouse gases hit new high
Nov 22, 2018 14:24The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN says, warning that the time to act was running out.
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UN draft resolution calls for Yemen truce, two weeks to unblock aid shipments
Nov 19, 2018 16:42A United Nations draft resolution has called for an immediate truce in Hudaydah, Yemen’s strategic port and its only conduit to the outside world, setting a two-week deadline for removing all barriers to humanitarian aid for the impoverished state.