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Taliban Claims UN Promised Aid After Meeting With Officials In Kabul
Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said.
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Turkey Discusses Khashoggi Case With UN Chief But No Request For Inquiry
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu did not request a U.N. inquiry into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he met with U.N. Secretary-General con Monday, a U.N. spokesman said, though they did discuss the case.
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Paris Climate Agreement Becomes International Law
The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law on Friday - a landmark demonstrating that countries are serious about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter faster than scientists expected.
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UN Convoy Brings Food To Besieged Syrian Town Of Daraya
An international aid convoy reached Daraya - a Syrian town under siege by government forces - in the middle of the night, delivering food supplies for the first time since 2012, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN Alarmed At Attacks On Syria Hospitals, Schools; Nearly 50 Dead
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced alarm at reports of deadly attacks on Syrian schools and hospitals, including a medical center run by the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a U.N. spokesman said.
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Use Of Cluster Bombs In Yemen May Be War Crime: UN Chief
The United Nations has received "troubling reports" that cluster bombs have been used on civilian areas in the capital of Yemen this week and warned that the use of such indiscriminate weapons could be a war crime, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN to Audit its Dealings With Entities Tied to Alleged Bribe Scheme
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered an audit of all dealings the organisation had with two entities that are the subjects of a U.S. bribery probe, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
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UN Examines Donations From Foundation Tied to Alleged Bribe Scheme
The United Nations said on Wednesday it was examining how donations were used from a foundation linked to several of six people charged by U.S. authorities in an alleged bribery scheme tied to a former president of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Roadside Bombs Kills Five UN Peacekeepers in Mali
A roadside bomb in northern Mali killed five U.N. peacekeepers and wounded several others on Thursday, a spokesman said of the latest in a string of deadly attacks on the force.
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Landmine Kills Four UN Soldiers, Wounds 15 in Northern Mali
Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and another 15 were wounded when the convoy they were traveling in struck a landmine in northern Mali, a spokesman for the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission said.
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Rockets Found at United Nations Gaza School Have Gone Missing
The UN secretary-general on Wednesday said he was "alarmed" to hear that rockets were placed in a UN-run school in Gaza and now "have gone missing," and he demanded a full review of such incidents.
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Syria accepts UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan
Syria has accepted a peace plan by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan, which includes a cease-fire by Syrian forces and a daily two-hour halt to fighting to evacuate the injured, Annan's spokesman said Tuesday.
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Sixteen kilograms of cocaine seized at UN
A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.'s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman said on Thursday.
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Taliban Claims UN Promised Aid After Meeting With Officials In Kabul
Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said.
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Turkey Discusses Khashoggi Case With UN Chief But No Request For Inquiry
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu did not request a U.N. inquiry into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he met with U.N. Secretary-General con Monday, a U.N. spokesman said, though they did discuss the case.
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Paris Climate Agreement Becomes International Law
The Paris Agreement to combat climate change becomes international law on Friday - a landmark demonstrating that countries are serious about tackling global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming hotter faster than scientists expected.
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UN Convoy Brings Food To Besieged Syrian Town Of Daraya
An international aid convoy reached Daraya - a Syrian town under siege by government forces - in the middle of the night, delivering food supplies for the first time since 2012, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN Alarmed At Attacks On Syria Hospitals, Schools; Nearly 50 Dead
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced alarm at reports of deadly attacks on Syrian schools and hospitals, including a medical center run by the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a U.N. spokesman said.
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Use Of Cluster Bombs In Yemen May Be War Crime: UN Chief
The United Nations has received "troubling reports" that cluster bombs have been used on civilian areas in the capital of Yemen this week and warned that the use of such indiscriminate weapons could be a war crime, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
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UN to Audit its Dealings With Entities Tied to Alleged Bribe Scheme
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered an audit of all dealings the organisation had with two entities that are the subjects of a U.S. bribery probe, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
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UN Examines Donations From Foundation Tied to Alleged Bribe Scheme
The United Nations said on Wednesday it was examining how donations were used from a foundation linked to several of six people charged by U.S. authorities in an alleged bribery scheme tied to a former president of the U.N. General Assembly.
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Roadside Bombs Kills Five UN Peacekeepers in Mali
A roadside bomb in northern Mali killed five U.N. peacekeepers and wounded several others on Thursday, a spokesman said of the latest in a string of deadly attacks on the force.
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Landmine Kills Four UN Soldiers, Wounds 15 in Northern Mali
Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and another 15 were wounded when the convoy they were traveling in struck a landmine in northern Mali, a spokesman for the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission said.
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Rockets Found at United Nations Gaza School Have Gone Missing
The UN secretary-general on Wednesday said he was "alarmed" to hear that rockets were placed in a UN-run school in Gaza and now "have gone missing," and he demanded a full review of such incidents.
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Syria accepts UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan
Syria has accepted a peace plan by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan, which includes a cease-fire by Syrian forces and a daily two-hour halt to fighting to evacuate the injured, Annan's spokesman said Tuesday.
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Sixteen kilograms of cocaine seized at UN
A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.'s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman said on Thursday.
