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Human Rights

Iran slams head of UN rights body over “biased and selective approaches”

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The Iranian Judiciary’s deputy for international affairs has criticized the UN special rapporteur for adopting selective and political approaches to the issue of human rights.
Americas

Leaked documents suggest US closely monitoring UN chief over “sympathy toward Russia”

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The US felt UN Secretary General António Guterres was too sympathetic to Russia’s interests when renegotiating the Black Sea grain deal, documents from the leaked Pentagon files reportedly suggest. The files have revealed that Washington has been closely monitoring the UN chief.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM urges UN, OIC and Muslim nations probe into “Israel crimes” against Palestinians

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The Iranian foreign minister has called on the Muslim nations as well as the world community to take immediate and effective action in support of the Palestinians against “Israeli crimes.”
Middle East

UNSC memebrs stress on  al-Aqsa status quo but take no action

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The UN Security Council stressed on the need to maintain the status quo at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. But the UNSC member states did not commit to any action days after Israel’s new far-right security minister made a controversial visit to the site, which Palestinian leaders called “an unprecedented provocation."
Human Rights

UNHCR lauds Iran for supporting refugees

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A United Nations refugee agency official has praised Iran for bending over backwards to improve living conditions for millions of refugees during the past four decades and especially after the Taliban takeover in neighboring Afghanistan last year which triggered an influx of refugees.
Asia

UN says Afghan girls school suspension ‘deeply damaging’

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that Taliban's decision to suspend high school for girls in Afghanistan was "a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan."
Media Wire

UN staff members kidnapped in Yemen; efforts underway to secure release

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Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission.
Human Rights

Iran slams US for voting against human rights-related UN resolutions

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A senior official with Iran’s Judiciary has slammed the United States for voting against two resolutions related to human rights at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Media Wire

Taliban fails to get a seat at UN

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The United Nations Accreditation Committee did not approve the Taliban and Myanmar Military junta’s requests for seats at the world body.
Media Wire

IAEA chief hopes to meet Iran’s president “soon”

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The head of the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog says he wishes to meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi soon to build a relation of "mutual trust and confidence".
Media Wire

UN warns of catastrophe and loss of life in Myanmar

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Myanmar could be on the eve of a human rights catastrophe and loss of life, the United Nations (UN) has warned. The warning comes amid reports the military junta is deploying tens of thousands of forces and heavy weapons to northern Myanmar.
IFP Exclusive

Iranian diplomat slams Zionist regime’s fabricated claims against Iran

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An Iranian diplomat in New York has said the Zionist regime’s fabricated accusations against Iran are a tool the regime constantly uses to cover up its crimes against the Palestinian people.
Media Wire

UN chief: COVID pushed 100mn into poverty

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United Nations Secretary-General has Antonio Guterres says 100 million people have been forced into poverty since the beginning of the Covid-19. He criticized the inequality in handling the pandemic, saying this situation is "creating a breeding ground for violence and conflict."
Media Wire

UN: Starvation looming in Yemen, 16m in danger

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More than half of Yemen's population are "marching towards starvation", and unless the international community steps up support, food assistance could soon run out, the United Nations (UN) warns.
Media Wire

UN deeply concerned about US deportation of Haitians

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The United Nations has expressed deep concern about mass deportation of Haitian migrants from the United States, warning the move could go against international law.
IFP Exclusive

Iran favors nuclear talks that would see lifting of all sanctions

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The Iranian president told the UN General Assembly that Tehran is in favor of the resumption of the nuclear talks that will result in the lifting of all anti-Iran sanctions.
Media Wire

UN concerned over North Korea missile launch

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Member states of the UN Security Council have gathered behind closed doors for an emergency meeting about North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, which they consider a “major threat”, according to France’s ambassador to the UN, Nicolas de Riviere.
Media Wire

UN chief calls for dialogue with Taliban

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on the international community to maintain a dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan after the group announced new caretaker government in the country following the full withdrawal of US troops and their allies.
Asia

UN warns of freezing Afghanistan’s assets

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The United Nations (UN) has warned that cutting aid funds to the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan could throw millions into severe poverty and trigger a major refugee crisis.
Asia

Taliban urges UN to remove its leaders from sanction list

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The Taliban caretaker government has asked the United Nations to take the group's leaders off its blacklist. Several members of the interim government in Kabul are on the UN Security Council's terrorism blacklist, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund.
IFP Exclusive

UNGA Condemns Myanmar’s Abuse of Rohingya Muslims

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The UN General Assembly has, in a resolution, strongly condemned Myanmar’s human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
IFP Coverage

Former UN Chief Kofi Annan Dies at 80

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Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his great humanitarian work, has died at the age of 80.
IFP Exclusive

Israel Resorts to UN to Calm Its Regional Fears

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The recent victories achieved by the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement against ISIS terrorists have frightened the Israeli regime so much that it is asking the UN to help allay its fears.
Media Wire

Iran Slams UN for Renewing Human Rights Rapporteur’s Mandate

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Iran has condemned as “selective and spiteful” the UN Human Rights Council's resolution to renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying it was a politically-motivated move by a few countries abusing UN mechanisms.
Foreign Policy

UN Human Rights Bill on Iran Politically Motivated: Foreign Ministry

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned a UN resolution on the state of human rights in Iran as unacceptable and baseless.
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