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Foreign Policy

Iran urges expulsion of Israel from UN

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Iran's Foreign Ministry called Sunday for an arms embargo on Israel and the expulsion of the regime from the United Nations, following a deadly attack in Syria.
Middle East

UNRWA head cautions UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s decision to ban the aid organisation, its chief has warned.
Security

UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Iran’s Taftan

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in southeastern Iranian Taftan County in Sistan and Baluchestan province last week that claimed the lives of ten border guards.
Middle East

UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ after Israeli strikes on Iran

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The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, is “deeply alarmed” by the escalation in the Middle East following raids overnight by the Israel Defense Forces on Iran, according to a statement from his spokesperson on Saturday.
Middle East

Netanyahu calls on UN to evacuate peacekeepers from Lebanon

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United Nations to evacuate troops in its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon. At least five UN peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days by Israeli soldiers.
Int'l Relations

Over 100 states sign letter of support for UN chief after Israeli travel ban

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More than 100 United Nations member states have signed a letter condemning Israel’s recent declaration of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “persona non grata”.
Foreign Policy

Iran calls on intl. community to adopt concerted action against Israeli atrocities in West Asia

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Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s military attack on the peacekeepers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), urging the international community to stand up against the regime.
Middle East

Israel labels UN chief ‘persona non grata’ over Iran military operation

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Tel Aviv declared United Nations chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata" on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel.
Middle East

United Nations General Assembly 2024: UN chief warns Lebanon on ‘brink’

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned world leaders gathering in New York that Lebanon was on the “brink”. He made the remarks as more than 550, including dozens of children, were killed in the Israeli attacks in two days in the Middle Eastern country.
Int'l Relations

President Pezeshkian says attending UNGA session to defend Iran’s rights

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Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian says he will participate in the United Nation General Assembly’s annual session next week for the main objective of standing up for the Iranian nation’s rights.
Middle East

UN rights experts say Israel to become a ‘pariah’ over Gaza ‘genocide’

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The United Nations human rights experts have warned that Israel risks becoming an international “pariah” over its “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, suggesting that Tel Aviv’s UN membership could be called into question.
Middle East

UNRWA says Israel using Google ads to undermine UN body

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Tel Aviv has been purchasing Google ads to discredit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and discourage donations, according to a statement made by the UN agency's commissioner-general.
Int'l Relations

UN Security Council deplores Israeli strike on Gaza school, blames US for weapons supply

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The United Nations Security Council members have denounced the Israeli military's recent attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 100 Palestinians, while Russia and China held the US accountable for the incident due to its military support to Israel.
Middle East

9 employees ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 Hamas attack against Israel: UN

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The United Nations has announced nine employees of UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, “may have been involved” in the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Palestinian group Hamas, adding that they have been fired.
Int'l Relations

UN Security Council members fear all-out war after assassination of Haniyeh

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Member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the assassination of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to prevent an all-out war in the Middle East.
Middle East

UN Security Council endorses US-backed resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

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The United Nations Security Council has passed a US-sponsored resolution that backs Washington's ceasefire plan in the Gaza Strip and calls on Palestinian group Hamas to accept it.
Middle East

UN decides to blacklist Israel for harming children in conflict zones

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The United Nations has decided to include Israel in the black list of countries and organizations that harm children in conflict zones.
Nuclear

Iran slams E3 allegations in letter to UN Security Council

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In a recent letter to the UN Security Council, the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York vehemently rejected the accusations leveled by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (E3) regarding Iran's nuclear program.
Middle East

UN experts urge all member states to recognize Palestinian statehood

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A group of UN experts have called on all nations to follow the example of 146 member states and recognize Palestinian statehood.
Middle East

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Israel Rafah carnage

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The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss a deadly Israeli airstrike on a displaced person tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to a UN diplomat.
Foreign Policy

Iranian FM says UN inaction prompted Tehran retaliatory measure against Israel

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The Iranian foreign minister says, the inaction by the UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, prompted the Islamic Republic to launch retaliatory attack against Israel.
Int'l Relations

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Iran’s retaliation against Israel

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to convene after Israel requested the Council to hold an emergency meeting on Iran's military operation against the occupied territories.
Middle East

UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives held by the Palestinian group Hamas as the United States abstained from the vote.
Middle East

UN chief says blocked Gaza aid amid starvation a ‘moral outrage’

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The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated on a visit to the Rafah crossing.
Middle East

UN warns Gaza famine ‘almost inevitable’

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The United Nations has warned that in the absence of any changes in the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the coastal sliver is on course to experience an all-out famine.
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