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World Bank moves to free up $500m in 'Afghan aid', leaving out public sector workers
Nov 30, 2021 08:35The World Bank is set to meet on Tuesday to finalize a proposal to deliver up to $500 million from frozen Afghan funds to aid agencies only, leaving out tens of thousands of public sector workers.
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UN human rights envoy slams racist voter suppression in US
Nov 28, 2021 17:55A top human rights official at the United Nations has concluded that new voting restrictions pushed by conservatives in Texas and other states are diluting the political representation of people of color in the United States, where human rights protections are “far from comprehensive” and “even incoherent.”
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UN envoy for Libya resigns weeks before key vote
Nov 24, 2021 06:46The UN Special Envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, has quit, with just one month left to the presidential election in the North African country.
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Iran urges ‘effective’ assistance to states in fighting trafficking in persons
Nov 24, 2021 04:17A senior Iranian diplomat has denounced trafficking in persons as “one of the most notorious crimes,” calling on the international community to provide “tailor-made, accessible and effective technical assistance to countries to combat this crime in a more efficient manner.”
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WHO fears 700,000 more COVID-19 deaths in Europe
Nov 23, 2021 14:17Europe remains "in the firm grip" of COVID and the death toll on the continent could top 2.2 million this winter if current trends continue, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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At least 30 civilians killed by militiamen in Congo, mostly IDPs
Nov 23, 2021 08:38About 30 civilians have been killed by militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo between November 21 and 22 in attacks on villages and a site hosting internally displaced people.
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Afghanistan's financial and bank payment systems in disarray, says UN
Nov 22, 2021 11:48The United Nations in its latest report has warned that the economic cost of a banking system collapse in crisis-stricken Afghanistan "would be colossal."
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Toothless UN resolutions no solution for Palestinian plight
Nov 21, 2021 14:27The latest resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the rights of Palestinians living in their Zionist-usurped homeland, although welcomed by all those sympathetic to the plight of a long-oppressed nation, is not expected to force the Israeli regime to honor it, let alone implement its clauses.
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UN must prevent normalization of Israeli violation of human rights: Iran's envoy
Nov 21, 2021 03:35Iran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva put the onus on the United Nations to take action against the normalization of systematic violation of human rights and humanitarian laws by the Zionist regime.
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Iran envoy urges clarification of true, false narratives on Israeli crimes
Nov 19, 2021 13:25Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has called for clarification of true and false narratives, referring to the stories that equate victims of Israeli regime crimes with the perpetrators of the heinous acts.