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  • The US would not lift sanctions against Iran in return for a complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who further states that any sanctions relief is conditional upon Iran giving up enriched uranium.
  • The Kuwaiti army claims that loud noises heard around the country are the result of interceptions and that it is responding to drone and missile attacks.
  • On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command disabled an oil ship for allegedly violating the U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Gulf.
  • According to President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are still ongoing, but "one never knows" where they will end.
  • Resuming hostilities in the conflict with the United States appears "inevitable," a senior Iranian military general who stated on Tuesday that "the Iranian nation will never surrender."
  • A memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday by French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.

Tag: UN Headquarters

April 28, 2020

UN: Emergency COVID Measures Should Not...

Bachelet said emergency powers “should be used to cope effectively with the pandemic – nothing more, nothing less” and “should not be a weapon governments can wield to quash dissent, control the population, and even perpetuate their time in power.”

July 30, 2019

One Day I Will A Photo...

A photo exhibit by Vincent Tremeau, featuring the hopes and dreams of girls trapped in crises around the world, opened on 29 Jul at UN Headquarters

June 12, 2019

Inclusive Playground Exhibit at UN Headquarters

The Permanent Mission of Ecuador organized the temporary installation of an inclusive playground, with the aim of promoting empathy and playfulness for all children, including those with disabilities.
Parents and children at play at the United Nations, New York

April 25, 2019

Next View Gallery Scene at...

Cherry blossoms in full bloom at the UN Headquarters against a backdrop of the Secretariat building

February 6, 2019

President of Equatorial Guinea Mbasogo visits...

The “Ark of Return” is a Permanent Memorial at UN Headquarters designed by architect Rodney Leon, to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade

November 6, 2018

Bronze Sculpture by Evgeny Vuchetich

Bronze sculpture “Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares” by Evgeny Vuchetich, presented to the United Nations in 1959 by the Government of the Soviet Union

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