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Middle East

Turkey calls UN ‘ineffective’, urges reform of permanent membership, veto systems

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly criticized the United Nations and its Security Council for failing to act on the Gaza crisis, calling the organization "ineffective" and urging a reform of its permanent membership and veto systems.
Middle East

Gazans being “choked” by bombardment and siege: UN

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The people of Gaza are being "choked" by the continuous Israeli bombardment and blockade, the head of UNRWA, the UN relief agency that works in the Gaza Strip, Philippe Lazzarini, has warned.
Int'l Relations

UN Security Council fails to agree on resolution to halt fighting in Gaza Strip

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In a private session Monday, the United Nations Security Council failed to reach a consensus on a draft resolution aimed at halting the ongoing conflict in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

UN chief calls for ceasefire as Gaza becomes ‘graveyard for children’

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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has strengthened his calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as Palestinian authorities reported that more than 10,000 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave. He says the enclave is becoming a "graveyard for children".
Middle East

UN overwhelmingly approves resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Palestine war

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The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on Friday that calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the face of strident objection from Washington and Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Israel to block visas for UN officials following comments by Guterres on Palestine

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Israel will halt visas for UN officials following comments made by Secretary-General António Guterres about the crisis in the Middle East, Israel's ambassador to the UN stated on Wednesday.
Foreign Policy

No hope in UNSC maintaining peace in Gaza: Iran president

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has lashed out at the United Nations Security Council working under the influence of the United States, saying he sees no grounds for hope that the world body will maintain international peace.
Middle East

UNSC rejects Russian resolution on humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, citing “failure to condemn Hamas”

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The United Nations Security Council has rejected a Russian resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire of the war between Israel and Hamas because the draft did not get the required minimum number of votes to be passed.
Middle East

UN chief warns west Asia ‘on verge of abyss’

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the West Asia region is “on the verge of an abyss” as the bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip continues by the Israeli military.
Foreign Policy

Iranian official calls for Israel’s expulsion from UN

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Iran’s charge d'affaires in Britain has called for the expulsion of the Israeli regime from the United Nations following Tel Aviv’s brutal attacks on Gaza.
Middle East

Palestinian president calls on UN to intervene against Israeli aggression in Gaza Strip

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the United Nations to take immediate action against the continued “Israeli aggression” against Palestinians in the Gaza Srtip.
Int'l Relations

President Raisi: UN decisions should not be affected by major powers

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the United Nations needs to stay away from any discrimination and injustice and should not be influenced by the world big powers in its decision-making process.
Middle East

Gaza students face shortened terms after UN cuts hit education services

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More than 300,000 students in Gaza return to school in late August, all of them attending facilities set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Officials at UN refugee agency warn $200m shortfall in funds could lead to ending the school term earlier than expected.
Middle East

UN schools in Gaza start school year, uncertain due to funding crisis

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Students in the Gaza Strip began their new school term on Sunday, but it is unclear if they will be able to complete the year uninterrupted due to a funding crisis at the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency.
Religion

UNSC condemns Iran’s shrine terrorist attack

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The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the "heinous and cowardly terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
Int'l Relations

Nuclear shadow looms over globe again: UN chief

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned in his message to an event marking the anniversary of Hiroshima nuclear bombibg in Japan that the shadow of nuclear war has re-emerged now that some countries are threatening to use nuclear weapons.
Middle East

UNSC rejects Russia-proposed resolution on extending aid mechanism in Syria

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The United Nations Security Council did not adopt Russia’s draft resolution on a six-month extension of the cross-border aid mechanism in Syria.
Human Rights

Iran rights chief denounces UN fact-finding mission as politically motivated

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Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has stressed that establishing an Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran is an unreasonable politically motivated act.
Europe

UN places Russia on ‘list of shame’ for killing children, Israel absent

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The United Nations has put Russia’s military and allied armed groups on its “list of shame” over the "killing and maiming of hundreds of children" in its war against Ukraine, but Israeli troops have been left off the list despite killing dozens of Palestinian children last year, according to reports.
Middle East

UN says to suspend food aid for Gaza, West Bank

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The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has announced it will suspend food aid to a large number of impoverished Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and West Bank due to funding shortages.
Asia

UN says Taliban not invited to Doha meeting

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting he is holding with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Qatar's Doha next week, a UN spokesperson has stated.
Asia

UNSC calls on Taliban to ‘swiftly reverse’ crackdown on Afghan women’s rights

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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned a ban by the Taliban on Afghan women working for the UN in Afghanistan, calling on the Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of women and girls.
Middle East

UN rapporteur says targeted by ‘smear campaign of apartheid Israel’

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The UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories says she has been the target of a “smear campaign” by Israel that aims to expel her over anti-Israeli comments.
Int'l Relations

Russia calls for relocation of UN headquarters to Geneva or Vienna

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Russia would prefer that the UN headquarters be moved to a more neutral place, such as Geneva or Vienna, Pyotr Ilychev, the director of the department for international organizations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS.
Int'l Relations

Dozens of rights groups warn UN against antisemitism definition

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More than 100 human rights and civil rights organizations have warned the United Nations against the use of a definition of antisemitism that could be exploited to restrict criticism of the Israeli occupation and undermine support for Palestinian rights.
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