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UN council mulls targeted sanctions in YemenThe UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution to impose travel bans and asset freezes on people in Yemen who obstruct or undermine the country's political transition and those who commit human rights violations. Ye More… |
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Jordan assumes UN Security Council chairJordan takes over the UN Security Council presidency on Wednesday, the first day of its two-year stint on a 15-nation body struggling to cope with conflicts in Syria, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali and elsewhere. Jord More… |
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Jordan elected to take Saudi UN Council seatThe 193-member UN General Assembly elected Jordan to the UN Security Council on Friday to replace Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year term in protest at the council's failure to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues. More… |
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Jordan seeks UN seat after Saudi rejectionJordan has formally submitted a bid for a two-year seat on the U.N. Security Council, officials said on Monday, after Saudi Arabia rejected the position partly in protest over international failure to end Syria's civil war. Jo More… |
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Jordan eyeing Saudi Security Council seatJordan appears set to take the traditional Arab seat on the UN Security Council after Saudi Arabia rejected the position in protest at the body's failure to end the Syria war and act on other Middle East issues, Western diplomats said on Fri More… |
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Egypt seeks UN Security Council meetingEgypt officially requested on Thursday a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss what it described as Israeli aggression on Gaza, the Foreign Ministry said. Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab state to sign a peace tr More… |
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Arab League to discuss Gaza attack on SatArab foreign ministers will meet on Saturday at the Cairo-based Arab League to discuss the Israeli attack on Gaza, Deputy Arab League chief Ahmed Ben Helli told Reuters. "The Arab League called on Arab foreign ministers to ho More… |
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World powers urge more nuke access from IranThe five permanent members of the UN Security Council put pressure on Iran on Thursday to allay international concern about its nuclear programme, and said they expected talks with Tehran to lead to concrete steps toward a negotiated solution. More… |
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Arab League to pursue Syria effortsArab states will not stop their efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis even though their bid to secure UN backing was blocked by Russia and China, the Arab League's secretary-general said in a statement obtained by Reuters on Sunday. Nabil E More… |
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UN slaps sanctions on Gaddafi, close aidesThe UN Security Council unanimously imposed travel and asset sanctions on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and close aides, ratcheting up pressure on him to quit before any more blood is shed in a popular revolt against his rule. It also adop More… |
