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India elected to UN's Economic and Social Council for term 2026-28
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jaishankar expressed India's commitment to championing development issues and to keep working to strengthen the ECOSOC.
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UAE chairs 114th session of Arab Economic and Social Council
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The United Arab Emirates chaired the meetings of the 114th session of the Arab Economic and Social Council (AESC), held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo, Egypt.
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UAE chairs 114th session of Arab Economic and Social Council
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The session will include a series of key meetings bringing together ministers, officials, and experts from various Arab countries to discuss priority economic and social issues, aiming to enhance Arab cooperation and achieve sustainable development in the region.
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KIIT DU Awarded Prestigious UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30: KIIT Deemed to be University (https://kiit.ac.in/) has been granted the distinguished Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC), recognizing the University's substantial contributions to the Sustainable De
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India's nominee Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to International Narcotics Contr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Lauding the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and the team at Ministry of External Affairs, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said "good work."
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UAE participates in 113th Arab Economic and Social Council meeting in Cair
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The meeting discussed strengthening of Arab cooperation on various economic and social issues and ways to operationalise the executive decisions approved by the Council during its previous meetings.
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UAE participates in meeting of Arab Economic and Social Council’s Economic
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On Sunday, the council’s Social Committee held meetings to prepare for the session's proceedings, focussing on social issues
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CNRI proposes creation of ‘World Cooperative Economic Forum’ for democrati
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 22: Confederation of NGOs of Rural India (CNRI) has proposed the creation of a global forum – World Cooperative Economic Forum – to democratize the global value chain for innovative food systems amid rising concerns over inequality in the post-Covid world.
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"Underfunding is chronic," Guterres tells humanitarians
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a video message to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment, a platform created by the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to find solutions to pressing humanitarian aid issues, Antonio Guterres cited some shocking figures: more than 110 million people have been forced from their homes, whi
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India's development model praised at 52nd UN Human Rights Council meet in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sai Sampath from Eco Fawn, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO, during his oral intervention, described and narrated the story of Rohini, a Dalit girl studying in Geneva. She has been the beneficiary of Rs 1 Cr granted by the government of India.
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Iran's ouster from Women's Commission shows UN's bias
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has removed Iran from the United Nations' leading global commission fighting for gender equality because of systematic violations of the rights of women and girls.
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Iran ousted from UN Women's Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia and Zimbabwe.
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