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COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally: WHO
Mar 02, 2022 13:32The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization.
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US senator ‘inciting terrorism’ by encouraging Israel to assassinate scientists: Iran’s UN mission
Mar 02, 2022 11:03Iran has strongly denounced recent comments by the US Senator Lindsey Graham who encouraged the illegal Zionist entity to assassinate more Iranian scientists, saying the remarks amount to incitement to terrorism, which is a flagrant violation of international law.
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Iran urges international response against use of ICT for criminal purposes
Mar 02, 2022 02:10Iran’s UN ambassador has underlined the need for adopting a convention that promotes and expedites international cooperation against crimes committed via the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
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Iran: UNSC resolution against Yemen’s Ansarullah hinders peace
Mar 01, 2022 11:01Iran denounces the United Nations Security Council’s recent extension of an arms embargo against Yemen’s popular Houthi resistance movement, which has been defending the country against a Saudi-led war since 2015.
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UN warns acute funding shortages threaten flow of humanitarian aid to Yemenis
Feb 26, 2022 12:43The United Nations has warned that severe funding shortages pose a threat to the flow of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, saying food rations have already been cut by half for eight million people in the impoverished country.
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UN Security Council fails to adopt anti-Russia resolution
Feb 26, 2022 03:38The United Nations Security Council has failed to adopt an anti-Russia resolution aimed at “deploring” Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.
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President Raeisi: Expansion of NATO serious threat against security of independent countries
Feb 25, 2022 04:04President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the continued expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threatens stability and security of independent countries.
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UN expert urges Sudan forces to stop firing live ammunition, teargas at anti-coup protesters
Feb 25, 2022 02:17A United Nations expert has called on Sudan's military to stop using "excessive force" against anti-coup protesters as the crackdown has so far claimed dozens of lives across the African country.
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UN special envoy expresses concern over persisting violence against Palestinians in occupied territories
Feb 24, 2022 14:12The UN special coordinator for the West Asia peace process has expressed concern over the persisting violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories, saying the destabilizing deterioration of the situation in the absence of political solutions would “reset the trajectory.”
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Gambia urges UN top court to reject Myanmar’s bid to end Rohingya genocide case
Feb 24, 2022 10:49Lawyers from Gambia have urged the United Nations’ top court to reject Myanmar’s legal attempt to end a case of genocide by the Southeast Asian country against Rohingya Muslims, after the Buddhist nation tried to get the case dismissed.