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India Hosts UN World MSME Day 2025, Uniting 300+ Global Leaders for Innova
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3: In a dazzling convergence of diplomacy, entrepreneurship, and innovation, the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)--in partnership with the Ministry of MSME, Government of India--orchestrated a high-impact celebration of United Nations designa
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India elected to UN's Economic and Social Council for term 2026-28
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Jaishankar expressed India's commitment to championing development issues and to keep working to strengthen the ECOSOC.
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CPEC is path to exploitation, not prosperity for Balochistan, warns BNM le
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
During a side event at the ongoing 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Dr. Naseem Baloch, chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), criticised China's growing influence in Balochistan.
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Geneva: Activists at UN highlight rampant human rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Human rights activists condemned Pakistan on Thursday for a range of severe human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture aimed at silencing dissent.
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UNGA President calls on G20 to take steps in advancing outcomes of 'Summit
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The President of the General Assembly, Philemon Yang, speaking at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday at ECOSOC Chamber in New York said that the G20 countries bear the responsibility of leading the charge in realizing the ambitious goals set out in the Summit of the Future pact.
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KIIT DU Awarded Prestigious UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status
Updated : 1 year, 7 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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CNRI proposes creation of ‘World Cooperative Economic Forum’ for democrati
Updated : 2 years, 7 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, 8 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 amplifying voice, concerns of Global South: Ruchira Kamboj
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Speaking at ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development 2023, Kamboj said, "During its G-20 Presidency, India is also amplifying the voice and concerns of the Global South and developing countries. The Voice of the Global South Summit held in January 2023, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
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India's development model praised at 52nd UN Human Rights Council meet in
Updated : 2 years, 12 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, 2 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, 3 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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