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Altaf Hussain demands UN commission on genocide of Mohajirs in Pak
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 30 (ANI): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) founder and exiled leader Altaf Hussain has demanded the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to constitute a commission to look into the massacre of the Mohajirs in Pakistan since 1947.
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UNSG General condemns Israel-Palestine clashes
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [USA]. May 18 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the loss of lives in the recent Israel- Palestine clashes in Gaza.
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UN chief backs EU's effort to rescue Iran nuclear deal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Brussels, May 17 (ANI): The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday backed the European Union's (EU) endeavour to rescue the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
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UN chief voices concern over U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York,[UN] May 9 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised deep concern over United States President Donald Trump's decision to pull America out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, on Tuesday.
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UN Chief appeals to avoid escalating Syrian crises
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [United States], April 14 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to avoid actions which could escalate the crisis in Syria and "deepen the suffering of its people."
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UN Secy General hails China's role in solving inter-Korean issues
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 7 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday applauded China's role in solving the on-going Korean Peninsula issue on the sidelines of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) conference, to commence from Sunday.
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Ex-spy poisoning: UN Chief says use of nerve agent 'unacceptable'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States] March 15 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the use of a nerve agent in an attack in Britain on a former Russian spy and branded it as "unacceptable."
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Iran plane crash: UN Secretary-General offers condolences
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 19 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended condolences to the families of the victims and the people and Government of Iran, over the plane crash in the country that claimed 66 lives.
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UN Secretary-General meets N Korean delegation
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 10 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula after he met North Korean ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Games on Friday.
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UN Chief urges Maldives govt. to lift state of emergency
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male (Maldives), Feb. 07 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed serious concern about the situation in Maldives and urged the government to uphold the rule of law in the island nation.
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UN-backed Lebanon tribunal's tenure extended for three years
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.23 (ANI): The tenure and mandate of the tribunal set up to try the accused involved in the February 2005 bomb attack in Beirut that killed 22 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and injured many others, has been extended by three years
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UN Chief calls on Myanmar to free arrested journalists
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 15 (ANI): Condemning the arrest of two journalists in Myanmar, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that their arrest indicated that press freedom is shrinking in Southeast Asian country and the international community must do all it can to get th
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