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UN Calls on Iran to Avoid ‘Unnecessary Force’ on Protesters

The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early Wednesday to refrain from using “unnecessary or disproportionate force” against protesters as unrest over a young woman's death in police custody spread across the country. Antonio Guterres said through a spokesman that authorities should swiftly conduct an impartial investigation of the death…

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UN chief calls on Iran to refrain from using 'disproportionate force' against protesters

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi not to use "disproportionate force" against protesters who took to the streets after the death of a young woman in morality police custody, his spokesman said Tuesday.

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UN Chief Urges End to ‘Era of Nuclear Blackmail’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war. "Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we can hear once again the rattling of nuclear sabers," Guterres told a special…

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Politics impede long-advocated growth of UN Security Council

Virtually everyone involved agrees that the powerful U.N. Security Council needs to expand and include more voices

The Independent UK

At UN, Mali army-appointed PM slams France, praises Russia ties

Abdoulaye Maiga lashes out at the former colonial ruler, the UN as he praised the ‘exemplary’ cooperation with Russia.

Al Jazeera

Interview: New UN climate chief takes the fight personally

The United Nations official now in charge of the fight to curb climate change has a personal stake in the battle to reduce emissions

The Independent UK

Mali prime minister lashes out at France, UN, regional bloc

Mali's prime minister is lashing out at everyone from the U.N. secretary-general to former colonizer France

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Iraq's Kadhimi Calls for a 3rd Round of Talks

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi emphasized that the region's stability relies on Iraq's stability, calling for the third round of national dialogue to resolve his country's political crisis. He asserted that Iraq's problems would not be solved without dialogue and that political factions have an opportunity to rebuild the country.…

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Abbas Delivers Palestine's Official Request for Full UN Membership to Sec-Gen

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…

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Pakistan PM decries climate carnage: ‘Our actions did not contribute to this’

Like many nations in the Global South facing the wrath of climate change, Pakistan had little responsibility for it.

Al Jazeera

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN's sidelines

While the coronavirus pandemic was not the main focus of the U.N. General Assembly, the conversations were still happening on the sidelines

The Independent UK

'Time is up': Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN

Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up.

Reuters

U.N. chief met Iran's president, raised human rights issues, spokesman says

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York on Thursday and raised human rights issues, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters

UN Chief Meets Iran’s President, Raises Human Rights Issues

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York on Thursday and raised human rights issues, a UN spokesman said on Friday. The UN is concerned "about reports of peaceful protests being met with excessive use of force leading to dozens of deaths and injuries,"…

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'A suicidal war against nature': Europe's climate ambitions under the microscope

Earlier this week, the United Nations General Assembly opened with a warning from the UN Secretary General that we are in a "suicidal war against nature". The European Union’s leaders have made it clear that they want the bloc to be a champion for climate. But given these words by…

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Pakistan PM says ‘all hell will break loose’ without debt relief

As Pakistan reels under unprecedented flood crisis, Shehbaz Sharif appeals for debt relief and more global aid.

The Independent UK

Sergei Lavrov calls Zelensky ‘b*****d’ and walks out of UN meet amid ‘collective condemnation’ of Russia

Ukraine minister responds by saying ‘Russian diplomats flee almost as quickly as Russian soldiers’

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Myanmar civil society tells UN to stop giving regime ‘legitimacy’

UN chief Antonio Guterres told UN agencies ‘must stop’ presenting credentials and signing agreements with coup leaders.

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US targets 'bad actors,' levying sanctions against Iran and rallying leaders against Russia

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that the Russian war in Ukraine has triggered an existential crisis for the United Nations, several of its key members on Thursday harshly denounced Moscow's actions, but failed to take new steps to stop the bloodshed and food, energy and humanitarian crises unleashed worldwide.

Al Jazeera

Russia defends Ukraine war as US, others condemn alleged abuses

Pressure on Russia has increased with world leaders calling for accountability over Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

Al Jazeera

UN boss seeks ‘urgent report’ after S Sudan sex abuse allegations

Comments come after investigation by The New Humanitarian and Al Jazeera finds such cases have gone unchecked for years.

The Hindu

Ukraine conflict of ‘profound concern’, Jaishankar tells U.N. Security Council

External Affairs Minister asks parties to come to negotiating table

Reuters

On Ukraine, U.N. chief says talk of nuclear conflict 'unacceptable'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that talk of a nuclear conflict is "totally unacceptable" and any annexation of a state's territory by another state through the threat or use of force is a violation of the U.N. Charter and international law.

Reuters

Lavrov defends Russia at U.N. showdown rife with anger over Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended Moscow's war in Ukraine at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday as the United Nations warned Moscow against annexing Ukrainian regions and Western ministers called for accountability over atrocities.

Radio France Internationale

Macron slams Russian colonial imperialism at UN General Assembly

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that Russia's invasion of Ukraine harked back to an age of colonialist imperialism.

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