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UNGA President presents 'Pact for the Future' to General Assembly, urges s
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
He has urged all member states to support the adoption of the Pact and its annexes by consensus at the Summit of the Future tomorrow, on Sunday.
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"Historic moment": Palestine takes seat among UN member states at 79th Gen
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The representative of Egypt raised a point of order to ask the President to confirm that the necessary arrangements have been made "This is not merely a procedural matter. This is a historic moment for us," said Egyptian Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud. Israel has denounced t
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'Increasing frequency of natural disasters require that we act urgently...
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Highlighting the rise in natural disasters, the UNGA President said it shows the need to urgently act on climate commitments.
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"80 cr people came out of poverty due to efforts made by PM Modi," says Un
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reacting to UNGA president Dennis Francis's statement, BJP leader and former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that Francis has presented an example of transformation in India during the last ten years. The Union Minister mentioned the statistics and said that PM Modi through his d
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India lifted 800 million people out of poverty "simply by smartphone": UNG
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"Rural farmers in India who never had a relationship with the banking system, are now able to transact all their businesses on their smartphone. They pay their bills, they receive payments for orders," Dennis Francis said.
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UNGA President honours India's Hansa Mehta on International Day for Women
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Hansa Mehta is widely credited for successfully arguing against references to "men" as a synonym for humanity, and succeeded in changing the phrase, "All men are born free and equal" to "All human beings are born free and equal" in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read More
"Vicious cycle of attack and counter-attack will lead nowhere": UNGA presi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis said while expressing deep concerns on Sunday in response to the Iran attacks on Israel, that this vicious cycle of attack and counter-attack will lead nowhere, but inevitably, to more death, suffering and misery.
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Intolerance, xenophobia, hate speech fuelling increase in hate crimes, con
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
He stressed that intolerance, xenophobia and hate speech are fueling the exponential rise in hate crimes, conflict and socioeconomic marginalization.
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Republic Day: India's permanent UN envoy Arindam Bagchi unfurls Tricolour,
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
On the 75th Republic Day, India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi unfurled the National Flag and paid tributes to the architect of the country's constitution, Babasaheb Ambedkar.
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UNGA President Dennis Francis lays wreath at 26/11 Memorial in Mumbai's Ta
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Dennis Francis and Ruchira Kamboj on Thursday laid wreath at 26/11 Memorial in Taj Hotel in Mumbai.
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UNGA chief calls on President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Francis arrived in New Delhi on a five-day India visit earlier at the invitation of External Affairs Minister Jaishankar.
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"Appreciated his position on need for urgency of reforms in international
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, here on Wednesday, expressing his happiness over the 'positive discussions' held.
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