Tag: UNSC

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Moscow May Initiate Discussion of Navalny Case in UNSC, Others Will Not Like It – Envoy to UN

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Moscow may initiate the discussion of the case of Alexey Navalny in the UN Security Council, but other UNSC members are unlikely to find it pleasant, Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia told Sputnik. … Read More >Moscow May Initiate Discussion of Navalny Case in UNSC, Others Will Not Like It – Envoy to UN

Categories Middle East

Moscow Calls for Joint Constructive Efforts in Persian Gulf Instead of Unilateral Actions

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Russia calls on the international community to give up unilateral actions in the Persian Gulf region in favour of joint constructive efforts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday at the UN Security Council debates on the situation in the region. … Read More >Moscow Calls for Joint Constructive Efforts in Persian Gulf Instead of Unilateral Actions

Categories World

UN Security Council calls for ‘immediate end’ to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory

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Following an emergency meeting, on Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region contested by Armenia and Azerbaijan, and a return to “meaningful negotiations.” … Read More >UN Security Council calls for ‘immediate end’ to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory

Categories Middle East

Netanyahu Not Ruling Out Preemptive Strike Against Iran

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Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the UN Security Council’s decision not to allow an extension of the arms embargo on Iran as “scandalous”, adding his country is set to continue jointly working with the United States to thwart what he called “Iranian aggression”. … Read More >Netanyahu Not Ruling Out Preemptive Strike Against Iran

Categories Russia

OPCW should not be a ‘geopolitical tool,’ Russian envoy tells UN Security Council as Germany seeks to involve it in Navalny case

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Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya slammed on Thursday Germany for withholding information about the health of activist Alexey Navalny and condemned Western attempts to politicize chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW. … Read More >OPCW should not be a ‘geopolitical tool,’ Russian envoy tells UN Security Council as Germany seeks to involve it in Navalny case

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Russia Unable to Probe Navalny Case Due to Germany Refusing to Provide Facts, Nebenzia Says

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Germany still has not provided any evidence to confirm that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Novichok-type nerve agent that would allow starting an investigation in the case, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said during a UN Security Council meeting. … Read More >Russia Unable to Probe Navalny Case Due to Germany Refusing to Provide Facts, Nebenzia Says

Categories Middle East

‘Clock’s only ticking in Pompeo’s parallel universe’: Iran taunts US launch of a countdown to sanctions ‘snapback’

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Tehran has poked fun at Mike Pompeo after the top US diplomat set a deadline to ‘snap back’ sanctions on Iran under JCPOA, which he branded a “foolish” deal, and despite the UN Security Council refusal to back the US initiative. … Read More >‘Clock’s only ticking in Pompeo’s parallel universe’: Iran taunts US launch of a countdown to sanctions ‘snapback’

Categories World

Pompeo warns ‘snapback’ sanctions will hit Iran September 20, dares other countries to oppose US’ creative take on UNSC resolution

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Despite failing to convince its UN Security Council colleagues to reimpose sanctions on Iran, the US is attempting to circumvent them, setting a date for the ‘snapback’ and daring other countries to call its bluff. … Read More >Pompeo warns ‘snapback’ sanctions will hit Iran September 20, dares other countries to oppose US’ creative take on UNSC resolution

Categories USA

‘Is this a parody account?’ UN ambassador draws ire after claiming US ‘will not abandon’ people of Iran

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Ambassador Kelly Craft’s effort to beautify a US push to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran and frame the move in humanitarian terms was met with mockery as observers contrasted her statement with Washington’s actions. … Read More >‘Is this a parody account?’ UN ambassador draws ire after claiming US ‘will not abandon’ people of Iran

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Iranian FM accuses Pompeo of ‘lawless bullying’ as UNSC president dismisses US push for sanctions ‘snapback’

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US efforts to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran have been dismissed by the president of the Security Council amid a lack of consensus among the body’s 15 members. Iran’s foreign minister said it shows the US is isolated. … Read More >Iranian FM accuses Pompeo of ‘lawless bullying’ as UNSC president dismisses US push for sanctions ‘snapback’