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Model Natalia Vodianova named new UN women’s health envoy
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 11:08am on February 25, 2021
Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova travels the world working for luxury fashion brands such as Balmain and Stella McCartney, and now as a United Nations’ goodwill...
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137 NGOs from 31 countries ask UN for Myanmar arms embargo
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 10:37am on February 25, 2021
Nearly 140 NGOs from 31 countries signed an open letter on Wednesday calling for the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose an arms embargo...
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Climate change a grave threat to world peace: Johnson
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 11:02pm on February 24, 2021
British prime minister Boris Johnson called a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday where he urged fellow leaders to take immediate...
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UK urges rich states to share COVID vaccines with poorer ones
Agence France-Presse . United Nations, United States | Updated at 01:28pm on February 20, 2021
The United Kingdom has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling on rich countries to donate doses of the COVID-19...
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UNSC to discuss problem of global access to COVID-19 vaccines
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 10:25am on February 14, 2021
At the initiative of Britain, which boasts of having an effective vaccination program, the UN Security Council on Wednesday will debate the problem of global...
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Russia accused of blocking Ukraine war solutions
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 10:02pm on February 12, 2021
The US and Europe on Thursday accused Russia of blocking any solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The remarks came during a UN Security...
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UNSC fails to agree on joint Syria declaration
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 12:21am on February 11, 2021
The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to agree on a joint declaration on war-torn Syria, capping a day of negotiations in which the organisation’s...
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Iran, N Korea resumed missile collaboration in 2020: UN
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 10:54pm on February 09, 2021
North Korea and Iran resumed cooperation on the development of long-range missiles in 2020, according to a UN report that also confirmed Pyongyang continues to...
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UN Security Council expresses ‘deep concern’ after Myanmar coup
Agence France-Presse . United Nations, United States | Updated at 11:01am on February 05, 2021
The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced ‘deep concern’ over the military coup in Myanmar, and called in a statement for the ‘release of all...
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UN wants to ‘make sure’ Myanmar coup fails: Guterres
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 10:06am on February 04, 2021
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he would do everything in his power to pressure Myanmar and ‘make sure that this coup fails.’ Myanmar...