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More than 200 NGOs call on UN to impose Myanmar arms embargo

Amnesty International and more than 200 other non-governmental organisations have called for a global arms embargo on Myanmar given the continuing violent crackdown by the military on protesters following the coup there in February. “It is time for the UN Security Council to use its unique powers to impose a comprehensive global arms embargo in order to try and end the military’s killing spree,” Lawrence Moss, senior UN Advocate for […]

today6 May 2021

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UN Security Council rejects US bid to extend Iran arms embargo

The United Nations Security Council has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council vote on Friday, Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, leaving it far short of the minimum nine "yes" votes required for adoption. Eleven members on the 15-member body, including France, Germany and the United […]

today15 August 2020

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Kuwaiti sources reveal Qatar’s response to embargo demands

A Kuwaiti news agency has reported details of Qatar’s response to the demands made by the “embargo countries”. The details, claims a source familiar with the affair, were handed to the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, by Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani from Qatar. #QatarGate “Qatar is ready to reduce its diplomatic and economic relations with Iran if all the Gulf countries commit to doing […]

today5 July 2017

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