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UN slammed for electing ‘unqualified’ members to Human Rights Council
Oct 13, 2018 03:37The UN on Friday came under fire from several rights groups and activists, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), for picking a number of notorious violators to its Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to swiftly release women's rights activists
Oct 12, 2018 14:35Saudi Arabia must "immediately and unconditionally" release all women it has arrested and imprisoned on charges relating to their peaceful defense of human rights, officials mandated by the United Nations say.
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Nikki Haley won't be remembered as defender of human rights: HRW official
Oct 11, 2018 03:53The United Nations will not remember Nikki Haley, the outgoing US Ambassador to the world body, as a "defender" of human rights, says Louis Charbonneau, the UN Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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UN warns about cost of climate-linked catastrophes
Oct 10, 2018 14:19The economic cost of climate-related disasters hit $2.25 trillion over the last two decades, an increase of more than 150 percent compared to the previous 20 years, the UN said Wednesday.
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US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns
Oct 09, 2018 11:45US President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of the country’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
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UN urges probe into Saudi journo’s ‘vanishing, murder’
Oct 08, 2018 02:30The United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression calls for an investigation into the disappearance and alleged murder of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey.
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Iran says US termination of Amity Pact sign of 'anger'
Oct 05, 2018 06:22An Iranian envoy says the US cancelled a 1950s pact with the country out of outrage at an earlier UN court verdict in favor of the Islamic Republic.
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Putin says US presence in Syria violates UN charter
Oct 03, 2018 13:56Russian President Vladimir Putin says the presence of US troops in Syria, providing support to anti-Damascus militant groups in the Arab country, violated the United Nations Charter.
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World knows Saudis support terrorists worldwide: Iran’s envoy at UN
Oct 02, 2018 08:44Iran has hit out at Saudi Arabia for its false terror support accusations against Tehran, saying it is no secret to the world that the Riyadh regime, itself, backs terror groups worldwide as ex-US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, once confirmed in a leaked memo.
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UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December
Sep 30, 2018 14:23The UN envoy to Libya told AFP that it will be difficult to hold elections as hoped on December 10, following a new wave of fighting in the North African nation.