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In first, US endorses Israeli occupation of Golan, votes against 9 anti-Israel resolutions
Nov 17, 2018 02:32The US has, for the first time, endorsed the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights by voting against an annual UN resolution that condemned the occupation and was unanimously approved along with several other resolutions against Tel Aviv.
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Iran blasts using human rights mechanisms as tool
Nov 16, 2018 09:13Iran strongly condemns using human rights resolutions and mechanisms as a tool after a UN panel adopts one such resolution targeting the Islamic Republic.
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UN resolution on Iran’s human rights ‘political charade’
Nov 16, 2018 02:38Iran has condemned a United Nations resolution that accuses it of human rights violations, stressing that the measure's sponsors are playing a "political charade."
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Rights groups warn against repatriation of Rohingya Muslims
Nov 15, 2018 12:01Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have called on Bangladesh and Myanmar to drop plans for the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims.
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UNSC unanimously votes to lift Eritrea sanctions
Nov 15, 2018 07:57The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a British-drafted resolution on lifting sanctions against Eritrea, following a rapprochement with neighboring Ethiopia and the thawing of relations with Djibouti.
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UN concerned about fighting in eastern DR Congo
Nov 14, 2018 12:26The UN has sounded the alarm over fighting in eastern DR Congo, warning that violence, which is unfolding alongside an Ebola outbreak, could hamper next month's elections.
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‘US anti-Iran sanctions hitting cancer patients’
Nov 13, 2018 12:02President of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences Seyyed Alireza Marandi cabled a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, complaining that the US sanctions against Iran are unfairly hitting patients in dire need for medications.
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Some 2 million in urgent need of food in CAR: UN
Nov 08, 2018 10:22The United Nations (UN)’s food agency has warned that nearly two million people are in urgent need of food in the violence-stricken Central African Republic (CAR).
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Refugee deaths in Mediterranean surpass 2,000 this year, says UN refugee agency
Nov 07, 2018 02:46The United Nations refugee agency says a total of more than 2,000 refugees have lost their lives since January trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
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Saudi Arabia facing grilling by world nations at UN
Nov 05, 2018 05:54Saudi Arabia faces tough grilling at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The human rights session is expected to pose grave questions to Riyadh over a deadly Saudi-led war on Yemen as well as the recent killing of a dissident by Saudi agents in Turkey.