WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden has said that China will sign on to new UN sanctions on Iran, and predicted new measures to punish Tehran's nuclear program could be agreed by the end of this month.
Biden also said in an interview with the ABC program "The View" that Israel would not mount a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities without the permission of the United S [...]
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that China will agree to a new round of UN sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear activities, despite having long held out against the move.
China has been the main holdout among the five veto-wielding permanent members of the UN Security Council against slapping a fourth round of sanctions against Iran, arguing instead [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - A UN expert called on Wednesday for Egypt to take more action to combat human trafficking, laying out a list of social ills running from child labour to sexual exploitation.
Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, was speaking as she wrapped up a 10-day visit to the country and talks with government officials and representatives of civil society. [...]
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - UN rights chief Navi Pillay called Monday for Muslim Gulf states to lift restrictions on women and to improve rights for millions of guest workers in the region.
"Women in the region are still unable to fully enjoy their human rights," Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on the first stop of a six-nation tour of the Gulf.
"Discriminatory b [...]
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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has formally complained to the United Nations over comments by US President Barack Obama which Tehran considers to be "nuclear blackmail," the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.
In a letter submitted to the world's top diplomatic body on Tuesday, Tehran questions the "intent" of Washington's new nuclear policy and says it contains threats of nuclear attack aga [...]
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sharply criticised the UN on Sunday over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.
Maliki's remarks came as rival Iyad Allawi, whose bloc finished with two more seats than the incumbent's alliance in the March 7 poll, opened talks with political foes to form a coalition [...]
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