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Yemen calls UN chief’s remarks over execution of assassins 'politically motivated'
Sep 20, 2021 02:41A senior official of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has dismissed remarks made by the UN secretary-general in response to the execution of nine men accused of killing a senior Yemeni leader in 2018.
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FM to visit New York, has no plans to meet US officials: Spokesman
Sep 19, 2021 09:04Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will travel to New York to attend the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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Iran’s foreign minister to visit US for UNGA 76
Sep 19, 2021 02:31Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian will travel to New York on Monday to take part in the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations, a spokesman said.
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Environmental threats rapidly becoming 'single greatest challenge to human rights': UN
Sep 16, 2021 15:46The planetary crisis is "impacting a broad range of rights, including the rights to adequate food, water, education, housing, health, development, and even life itself," said the U.N.'s top rights expert.
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Iran urges end to West's sanctions on Syria, looting of resources
Sep 16, 2021 04:39An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has called for an immediate end to Western countries' unilateral sanctions against Syria and their looting of the Arab country’s resources in a bid to help improve the humanitarian situation there.
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Donors pledge $1.1 billion in aid for Afghanistan amid looming catastrophe
Sep 14, 2021 11:16Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion in aid for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiraling as foreign grants have dried up since the Taliban's takeover last month.
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WHO calls for halt to booster jabs amid 'shocking vaccine inequity'
Sep 14, 2021 06:22The World Health Organization (WHO) has denounced the “shocking inequity” in the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, urging the Western governments to put a halt to booster doses until at least the end of the year.
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UN chief urges international community to provide ‘lifeline’ for Afghans
Sep 13, 2021 09:59United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid and a “lifeline” for Afghan people following years of conflict and the Taliban’s shock takeover of the war-ravaged country.
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Taliban response to Afghan protests ‘increasingly violent’: UN
Sep 10, 2021 09:52The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response to peaceful protests in Afghanistan, calling on the group to cease the use of force against the protesters.
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Iran, Russia highlight need for establishment of inclusive govt. in Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2021 00:15The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia have underlined the need for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of all groups in the war-torn country, where the Taliban militant group has gained power in light of the US withdrawal.