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UN says Yemen’s health system ‘has in effect collapsed’ as COVID-19 spreads
May 22, 2020 16:41The United Nations warns that urgent funding is needed to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak in Yemen, where the healthcare system has collapsed as a result of the Saudi-led coalition’s devastating campaign.
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Israel must 'abandon threats of annexation': UN envoy
May 21, 2020 06:57The United Nations' special envoy for West Asia has called on Israel to abandon plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, joining a growing international chorus of opposition.
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Threatening Iranian tankers by US amounts to piracy, jeopardizes intl. peace: Zarif
May 17, 2020 19:35Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has issued stern warning against the US provocative acts through dispatching its naval forces to the Caribbean Sea with the goal of disrupting the course of Iranian tankers carrying fuel for Venezuela.
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Warring parties in Yemen make ‘significant progress’ on ceasefire agreement: UN envoy
May 15, 2020 08:36United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the warring parties in the impoverished Arab country have made “significant progress” toward agreement on a nationwide ceasefire.
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Yemen urges UN to pressure Saudi-led coalition over offloading stranded oil tanker
May 11, 2020 05:57The Yemeni minister of oil and minerals has called upon the United Nations to pressure the Saudi-led coalition involved in a campaign against his country into allowing the offloading of crude oil from a tanker afloat off the coast of Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah.
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Swiss humanitarian channel not enough to meet Iran’s needs: Takht Ravanchi
May 10, 2020 16:41Iran’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations says the trade channel launched by a Swiss bank to help the Islamic Republic use its overseas funds to procure food and medicine for its people amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic has so far failed to meet the country’s needs.
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Unilateral sanctions hamper Syria’s fight against coronavirus pandemic: UN envoy
May 10, 2020 15:39Unilateral sanctions hamper Syria’s fight against coronavirus pandemic: UN envoy
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US ‘bullying’ jeopardizes UN credibility: Iran’s Zarif
May 10, 2020 08:42Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that Washington’s “lawless bullying” against other countries will put the UN credibility at risk.
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In letter to Guterres, Iran FM calls for UN’s 'swift' action against US sanctions, withdrawal from JCPOA
May 09, 2020 14:27Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the United Nations to take a swift action and hold the United States liable for any consequences of its "unlawful withdrawal" from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal and its "unlawful" re-imposition of unilateral sanctions against the country.
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Terrorists upping attacks on Syrian civilians during pandemic, situation deteriorating: UN
May 08, 2020 17:46The United Nations Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet has said that Syria’s situation is a “ticking time-bomb” as terrorist groups such as the Daesh Takfiri outfit exploit the COVID-19 pandemic and heighten attacks on civilians.