Tag: UN
US accuses Russia of “complete indifference” to the humanitarian situation in Syria
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The US State Department accused Russia of reluctance to comply with the UN Security Council resolution on the ceasefire in Syria and in "complete indifference" to the humanitarian situation in the country. "The ruthless air strikes on the part of...
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UN: the world spent $ 233 billion on crises in 10 years
UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The international community has spent about $ 233 billion for humanitarian or peacekeeping activities in countries affected by the crisis, as well as for the reception of refugees for the past 10 years, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said. He...
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Iran calls on US and EU to stop supplying arms to the region
IRAN (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United States and the European Union should not question the right of Iran to create a missile program, the EU and the United States should stop supplying its weapons to the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on...
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UN: Aid convoy to eastern Ghouta leaves before unloading cargo
SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The aid convoy, which entered Monday into the besieged al-Ghouta near Damascus, left before the unloading of its cargo in the city of Douma amid the shelling, the United Nations said, as reported by AFP news agency. "The aid convoy ......
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Aid convoy to eastern Ghouta leaves before unloading cargo amid the shelling: UN
UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The aid convoy, which entered Monday into the besieged al-Ghouta near Damascus, left before the unloading of its cargo in the city of Douma amid the shelling, the United Nations said, as reported by AFP news agency. "The aid convoy...
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Ghouta: United States ignores the UN resolution calling for a truce in Syria
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that the United States is ignoring the UN resolution calling for a truce in Syria, the Iranian news agency Fars News reports. Russia reacted on Monday to a White House statement accusing Russia of...
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Russia: United States violates UN resolution on Syria
RUSSIA / SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Washington is violating a UN resolution on Syria by failing to prevent opposition fighters it controls from launching daily attacks on the Syrian army in eastern Ghouta and Damascus, the defense ministry said on Monday. This was in Moscow's...
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Macron calls on Putin to force Syria to implement UN resolution
FRANCE (VOP TODAY NEWS) - French President Emmanuel Macron called on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to exert influence on Syria to implement the UN Security Council resolution. "(Makron) pointed to the need for real and concrete measures on the part of Russia aimed at ensuring...
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What changed Russia’s February 26 veto
RUSSIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The intense media campaign around Eastern Ghouta, where Americans are seeking to bolster terrorists to invest in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, has almost overshadowed a major event: the Russian veto at the UN Security Council on Monday to...
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United Nations suspends relief work in in northeastern Nigeria
UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations said on Saturday it was suspending relief work until next week in a remote town in northeastern Nigeria after a deadly attack by a Bosnian militant who killed three humanitarian workers. The attack took place on Thursday...
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UN reported on the difficulties of supplying humanitarian aid to Syria
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The UN seeks to conclude agreements on the supply of humanitarian aid to Syria, but "can do nothing alone," said UN humanitarian aid coordinator for the Syrian crisis Panos Moumtzis. "We continue to receive disturbing reports from Afrin about deaths...
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UN suspends relief work in Nigerian town
NIGERIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United Nations said on Saturday it was suspending relief work until next week in a remote town in northeastern Nigeria after a deadly attack by a Bosnian militant who killed three humanitarian workers. The attack took place on Thursday evening...
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UN reports possible war crimes in Ghouta, Syria
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Air strikes on the embattled eastern enclave of Gouta in Syria and the bombing of opposition fighters to Damascus are likely war crimes to be referred to the court, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad al-Hussein...
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Boko Haram kills 4 aid workers in Nigeria: UN
NIGERIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Four aid workers killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria: UN. There are concerns over the killing of four aid workers in an attack by suspected Boko Haram guerrillas in the northeastern town of Ran late Thursday, a UN source...
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Britain calls for urgent meeting of the Human Rights Council on the Syrian territory
UNITED KINGDOM (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Britain formally asked the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday to hold an emergency meeting in days to discuss the deteriorating situation in the eastern Ghouta of Syria. UN spokesman Rolando Gomez said in an e-mail that the 47-nation...
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United Nations considers the Russian plan on Ghouta aid insufficient
UNITED NATIONS (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Russia's plan to implement a five-hour truce a day in the eastern Gauta needs to be extended to allow aid and evacuate civilians and wounded, UN officials told reporters on Thursday. Hundreds were killed over 11 days of shelling on...
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UK asked UN Human Rights Council to hold an urgent meeting on Eastern Ghouta
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Permanent Representative of Great Britain at the UN Office in Geneva sent a letter to the President of the UN Human Rights Council requesting an urgent meeting on the situation in East Ghouta in Syria, reports RIA.The...
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Clashes continue in Afrin and Idlib, despite the UN resolution
SYRIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Clashes continue in several parts of Syria, including Africa and Idlib, after the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution on the ceasefire in Syria, said the UN Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman. "We can not forget that resolution...
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Six arguments that justify Moscow’s veto to an anti-Iranian resolution
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The United States ambassador to the United Nations criticized Russia on Monday, February 26 for vetoing an anti-Iranian resolution accusing Iran of "inciting Yemeni rebels". Nikki Haley regretted that one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council is...
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Syria calls for the dissolution of the US coalition
UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN, Bashar al-Jaafari, spoke on Wednesday in the Security Council in favor of the dissolution of the international coalition led by the United States. He criticized the support of countries like Saudi Arabia...
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