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SDF-US Crude Deal: Syria’s UN Envoy Blames Trump for Stealing Country’s Oil

Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020By Editor

The oil deal between an American company and the Kurdish militia was announced by US Senator Lindsay Graham on 2 August and then rejected by the Syrian Foreign Ministry as “null and void”. … Read More >SDF-US Crude Deal: Syria’s UN Envoy Blames Trump for Stealing Country’s Oil

Health

Russia ready for ‘international cooperation’ on Covid-19 vaccine for everyone – UN envoy

Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020By Editor

Having registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, Russia is prepared to cooperate with anyone interested in developing and producing vaccines and treatment for the coronavirus, Moscow’s envoy to the United Nations has said. … Read More >Russia ready for ‘international cooperation’ on Covid-19 vaccine for everyone – UN envoy

Latin America

US threatens MILITARY FORCE against Iranian tankers bound for Caracas – Venezuelan envoy to UN

Posted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020By Editor

Iranian oil tankers heading to Venezuela are facing an imminent threat of a US armed attack in what Caracas labels a “crime of aggression and extermination,” the country’s envoy to the United Nations has warned. … Read More >US threatens MILITARY FORCE against Iranian tankers bound for Caracas – Venezuelan envoy to UN

USA

‘You met Al-Qaeda’s medical staff’: US envoy to UN takes heat after proudly greeting notorious White Helmets

Posted on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020By Editor

Colorful images of Ambassador Kelly Craft enthusiastically shaking hands with ‘White Helmets’ members made rounds online, with users reminding the diplomat of their connections to a jihadi group the US once fought against. … Read More >‘You met Al-Qaeda’s medical staff’: US envoy to UN takes heat after proudly greeting notorious White Helmets

Middle East

Iran ‘not interested’ in having nukes, will stick to JCPOA once given benefits in return – UN envoy

Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020By Editor

Prohibited by the supreme leader’s decree, nuclear weapons are inconsistent with Iran’s defensive doctrine, the country’s UN envoy said after Tehran announced the suspension of limits under the 2015 deal. … Read More >Iran ‘not interested’ in having nukes, will stick to JCPOA once given benefits in return – UN envoy

Middle East

Iran reserves right to self-defense, ‘harsh revenge’ for Soleimani coming – Tehran’s envoy to UN

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020By Editor

Calling the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani “criminal” and an act of terrorism, the Iranian envoy to the UN said his country reserves the right to act in self-defense and threatened vengeance in US media interviews. … Read More >Iran reserves right to self-defense, ‘harsh revenge’ for Soleimani coming – Tehran’s envoy to UN

Middle East

Saudi-led coalition frees 200 Yemeni rebels to advance UN-brokered peace deal

Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019By Editor

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it has released 200 Houthi rebels to advance a UN-brokered deal aimed at ending the war in the Arab world’s poorest country, AP reports. … Read More >Saudi-led coalition frees 200 Yemeni rebels to advance UN-brokered peace deal

Middle East

Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes in Yemen down 80 percent in 2 weeks, UN envoy says

Posted on November 24, 2019November 24, 2019By Editor

The United Nations’ envoy Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council on Friday that the number of airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthis in Yemen has dropped nearly 80 percent in the last two weeks. … Read More >Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes in Yemen down 80 percent in 2 weeks, UN envoy says

World

UN torture envoy demands ‘full accountability & compensation’ after Sweden drops rape probe against Assange

Posted on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019By Editor

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on torture has called for a “full investigation” into the role Sweden played in driving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into asylum and eventual custody, after the rape case against him was dropped. … Read More >UN torture envoy demands ‘full accountability & compensation’ after Sweden drops rape probe against Assange

Middle East

UN Mideast mediator in Cairo after Israel-Gaza escalation

Posted on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019By Editor

Egyptian officials say UN Mideast envoy has arrived in Cairo after the worst escalation between Israel and Gaza militants in recent months. Nickolay Mladenov landed on Wednesday from Tel Aviv and is scheduled to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, AP reported. … Read More >UN Mideast mediator in Cairo after Israel-Gaza escalation

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