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UN chief raises concern over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): Calling the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan "unjustifiable", the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has raised his concern and said that there is a violation of women's rights.
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UN chief appoints former Kyrgyzstan President as new Afghan envoy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva as his new envoy to Afghanistan.
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UN chief urges China to follow Xinjiang report recommendations
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged China to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labour in Xinjiang province.
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UN Chief Guterres to visit Pakistan amid devastating flood situation
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): UN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit Pakistan to take stock of the catastrophic flood situation, the one described by country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as "the worst in history."
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UN chief appeals for 'calm and restraint' in Iraq as Al Sadr quits politic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Appealing for calm and restraint in Iraq after Shi'ite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr announced of quitting politics on Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges all "relevant actors" to take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation and avoid any violen
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Tajikistan's leader says UN humanitarian aid to Afghan residents should co
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed in a phone conversation on Saturday the situation in Afghanistan, in which the Tajik leader noted the need to continue humanitarian assistance to the Afgh
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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UN chief 'aware' of terrorism charges against Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 23 (ANI): The United Nations chief has said he is "aware" of the recent terrorism charges against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and has called for an "impartial legal process".
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UN chief condemns terrorist attack on Somalia's Hayat hotel
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the terrorist attack on the Hayat Hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
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UN chief warns Russia against cutting nuclear plant from Ukraine grid
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Odesa [Ukraine], August 19 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said that the electricity generated at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant belongs to Ukraine, after the reports emerged that Kremlin could divert the electricity to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine.
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UN Chief Guterres calls to demilitarise Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear pla
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lviv [Ukraine], August 19 (ANI): After holding trilateral talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine's Lviv, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a demilitarization of the area around the Zaporizhzh
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UN chief voices deep concern over series of blasts in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 19 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his deep concern over a series of blasts in Afghanistan that killed and injured more than 250 people this month.
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