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Venezuela Unveils Anti-US Coalition to Prevent Military Intervention
15.02.2019
The collective action follows weeks of pressure from the United States, backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself the country’s interim...
Yemen to face worst humanitarian crisis of 2019: UN
Some 132 million people in 42 countries will need assistance next year, with Yemen topping the list, UN says.
by Barbara Bibbo
Dec. 4, 2018
Some 132...
Netanyahu wants to redraw map in the Golan, Russia says –...
10 Oct, 2018
Recognizing the illegally-annexed Golan Heights as part of Israel would be a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, Russia’s foreign minister has...
UN court orders Washington to lift Iran sanctions linked to humanitarian...
3 Oct, 2018
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the US to lift sanctions on Iran which are linked to humanitarian goods and...
Nikki Haley says world leaders laugh at Trump because they respect...
'They loved how honest he is,' claimed the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Sep 27, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley claimed...
Iran asks UN to supervise Israeli nuclear program
Sep 20, 2018
In a duel with the Israeli representative, Iran’s UN ambassador Gholamali Khoshrou used the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy...
“Not at the cost of human rights” – UN expert warns...
15 July 2015
ADDIS ABABA / GENEVA (15 July 2015) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky,...
UNHCR urges Greece to address ‘severely overcrowded’ refugee centers on islands
August 31, 2018
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is urging the Government of Greece to address the situation in Aegean Sea Reception and Identification Centres...
UN panel cites massive war crimes in US-backed war on Yemen
By Bill Van Auken
29 August 2018
A draft report prepared by a United Nations human rights panel has spelled out in detail the massive...
UN chief proposes military force to protect Palestinians from Israel
Armed international mission among options floated by Guterres in response to General Assembly request for report on Hamas-led Gaza clashes
18 August 2018
United Nations Secretary-General...