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"Raging fires in Middle East fast becoming inferno": UN chief condemns Ira
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In his remarks to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East on Wednesday, Guterres said, "The raging fires in the Middle East are fast becoming an inferno.
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"US goal remains to turn the temperature down in Middle East": US envoy in
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid the volatile situation in the Middle East after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that its aim is to turn the temperature down in the middle region, deter and defend against any future attacks.
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US vetoes UN resolution urging immediate Gaza ceasefire
Updated : 2 years ago IST
This move was widely anticipated and occurs as global calls for Israel to halt its offensive against Hamas continue to intensify.
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US threatens to veto new Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to CNN, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned that if the Algerian proposed resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza were to come up for the vote at UN Security Council, it would not be adopted by Washington.
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UN Security Council adopts resolution urging humanitarian pauses in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The resolution received support from twelve states during the session held on Wednesday, while the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom chose to abstain from the vote.
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UN Security Council rejects Russian-proposed resolution of ceasefire betwe
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Russian-led draft resolution received five votes in favour - China, Gabon, Mozambique, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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UN to focus on North Korea rights violations and missile program
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The United States holds the 15-nation Security Council’s rotating presidency this month and Thomas-Greenfield has said that human rights would be the core theme. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that North Korea launched scores of ballistic missiles and several intercontinental ballis
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11.6 million Afghan women, girls are no longer receiving vital aid: US env
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning women from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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Members have bent over backwards to justify North Korea's repeated violati
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Apparently targeting China and Russia for protecting North Korea despite launching staggering 59 missiles in 2022, US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Friday said that the UN Security Council members have bent over backwards to justify Pyongyang's repeated viol
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US at UN: North Korea has enjoyed blanket protection of "two permanent mem
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 6 (ANI): Without naming China and Russia, the United States on Wednesday (local time) accused "two permanent members" of the United Nations Security Council of enabling North Korea by protecting Pyongyang from attempts to strengthen UNSC sanctions imposed over its nucl
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UNSC to vote on resolution on Russia's referendums in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 30 (ANI): The UN Security Council is set to vote Friday on a resolution that would seek to condemn Russia for its referenda in four regions under Russian control but claimed by Ukraine, media reports said.
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