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2018-09-16 01:30
UN rapporteur: Unilateral sanctions infringe human rights
TEHRAN – The UN’s special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights has strongly criticized unilateral sanctions, saying they lead to “human rights infringements”.
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2018-09-16 01:00
CPEC violates India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Indian envoy tells UN
TEHRAN - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is grabbing headlines for all the good and bad reasons. U.S. opposition to it is known to all and sundry because of the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing. Now India has also raised concerns over the ambitious project, asserting that it violates India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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2018-09-13 10:59
New UNHRC head calls for action on Kashmir report
TEHRAN - In her first address to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged India and Pakistan to take meaningful action on addressing issues highlighted in the UN report on human rights violations in Kashmir.
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2018-09-12 20:58
Iran seeking to bring peace to Syria: UN envoy
TEHRAN - Gholamali Khoshroo, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that Iran will play a constructive role in bringing peace and prosperity to Syria.
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2018-09-11 09:45
UN refugee chief visits Pakistan
TEHRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Pakistan with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock this week to assess the situation of Afghan refugees living there.
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2018-09-04 11:09
By Javad Heirannia
European army is much closer to aspiration than reality: Jenkins
TEHRAN - Peter Jenkins, former UK Ambassador to the IAEA and UN says that “In theory, Europe is perfectly capable of forming a treaty-based collective security organisation from which the United States and Canada (and maybe the United Kingdom) are excluded.”
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2018-09-02 20:49
Zarif meets UN refugee chief
TEHRAN – The Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met on Sunday with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss the status of refugees.
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2018-09-02 10:37
Despite recent peace overtures, India, Pakistan trade barbs over Kashmir at UN
TEHRAN - Despite recent peace overtures and rekindled hopes, the fragile relationship between India and Pakistan, the two South Asian estranged neighbors, was again on display at the United Nations this week. The representatives of the two countries traded barbs over Kashmir during the world body’s session on the ‘merits of mediation’.
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2018-08-25 11:45
By Ramin Hossein Abadin
The passivity of UN against Zionist aggressions is deadly
TEHRAN - UN Secretary General Antَnio Guterres recently proposed a plan to protect Palestinians and their rights in the occupied territories against the crimes of the Zionist regime. The plan appeared after the United Nations Security Council called on members to report on the developments in the occupied territories and to offer proposals to support the Palestinians.
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2018-08-11 11:17
By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com
Decoding of the UN's silence about Yemen
The release of bitter and shocking news related to the mercenary martyrdom of 57 Yemeni students and the wounding of 77 people in Saudi Arabia's missile strike on a bus carrying innocent students has provoked anger at the international community from politicians and soldiers in Saudi Arabia and supporters of Riyadh. What exactly is happening in Yemen?
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2018-08-09 09:35
Iran, Iraq, Syria to join hands against SDSs
TEHRAN — A plan on combating sand and dust storms (SDS) is scheduled to be prepared in a collaborative initiative with three countries of Iran, Iraq and Syria under the auspices of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the current Iranian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2019), head of national working group on SDS has said.
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2018-08-07 21:29
UN continues to encourage support for Iran nuclear deal
The United Nations continues to encourage support by all governments for the Iran nuclear deal, a UN spokesperson has said, after Washington vowed to re-impose sanctions on Iran lifted under the deal.
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2018-08-05 10:37
Amid surge in violence, Afghanistan sets date for 2019 presidential election
TEHRAN - Afghan authorities have announced April 20, 2019 as the date for next presidential election, when the five-year term of President Ashraf Ghani-led national unity government (NUG) comes to an end.
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2018-08-01 09:55
UN plans talks with Iran, Russia, and Turkey on Syria constitutional panel
TEHRAN – The United Nations special envoy for Syria plans talks with Iran, Russia and Turkey in September to start finalizing the composition of the body intended to draft a new Syrian constitution, a statement said on Tuesday.
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2018-07-26 10:27
UNSC urges Myanmar to create conditions for repatriation of Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN - United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has urged Myanmar government to step up efforts to create feasible conditions for the safe and early repatriation of Rohingya refugees back to their country.
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2018-07-17 11:04
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit record high, says UN report
According to the latest report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday, there were 5,122 civilian casualties (1,692 deaths and 3,430 injured) in the first six months of 2018, marking a three percent decrease in overall casualties from last year but one percent increase in civilian deaths.
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2018-07-12 13:49
Gharib Abadi submits credentials to UNIDO chief
TEHRAN – Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iran’s representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has submitted his credentials to Li Yong, director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
