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Irish FM slams ‘abuse’ of veto power at UN Security Council
Feb 18, 2024 09:06The Irish foreign minister has censured the “dysfunctional” United Nations Security Council (UNSC), saying the five-state veto power at the council has “no place in the 21st century.”
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Algeria pushes for UNSC resolution on Gaza truce; US vows to veto it
Feb 18, 2024 06:52Algeria requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a move the United States - a Council veto power – has pledged to veto.
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Lebanon lodges complaint at UN against Israel over deadly strikes
Feb 16, 2024 09:04Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations has filed a formal complaint before the UN Security Council following the death of at least 10 civilians in two Israeli airstrikes in the south of the country.
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Ireland pledges funding for UNRWA after US-led withdrawal of support
Feb 16, 2024 05:29Ireland has pledged €20 million ($16.7 million) funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after the US and its allies suspended their assistance for the agency based on unsubstantiated Israeli allegations.
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Israeli troops force medics, patients, displaced from Khan Younis hospital
Feb 16, 2024 04:08Israeli forces have stormed Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians and the ill and injured people are taking shelter.
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Venezuela charges UN human rights office with conspiring with coup plotters
Feb 16, 2024 04:08The Venezuelan government has ordered the local UN human rights office to “suspend its activities” and vacate its staff within 72 hours, accusing the body of conspiring against the country.
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Russia, China denounce US-UK stirkes on Yemen as illegal
Feb 15, 2024 11:13Russia and China have denounced as illegal the strikes by the United States and United Kingdom against targets in Yemen, saying they were not authorized by the United Nations Security Council.
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Israel's ground invasion of Rafah disregards ICJ order, says South African envoy to UN
Feb 15, 2024 05:39South Africa’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has warned that a looming Israeli attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ignores preventive measures issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop breach of Palestinians' rights.
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UN says Gaza being pushed into abyss amid Israeli assault on Rafah
Feb 15, 2024 04:53The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that Israel's planned ground invasion of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip will cause unprecedented levels of misery and further push people in Gaza into the abyss.
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Israel's Rafah assault could lead to ‘slaughter,’ put aid work at ‘death’s door’, warns UN
Feb 14, 2024 06:34The United Nations humanitarian chief has raised alarm about potential Israel’s ground invasion of Rafah, saying the raid could lead to a “slaughter” in the densely populated Gaza city and put aid operation at “death's door.”