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International community concerned over threat posed by terrorism to Afghan
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzeland], November 28 (ANI): The International community along with the government of Afghanistan expressed deep concern about the threat posed by terror groups including ISIL, Al-Qaeda and others to Afghanistan and the region, said the participants of 2020 Afghanistan Conference.
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WHO interested in best practices, clinical data on vaccines getting emerge
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mariangela Simao, the World Health Organization's (WHO) assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, said on Friday that the exchange of clinical data and best practices of COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing remained cru
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High storage cost of Ultra-Cold COVID-19 vaccines should not hinder use: W
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The troublesome storing conditions of some candidate coronavirus vaccines and the associated high costs should not discourage countries from adopting them as an immunization means, Kate O'Brien, the director for Immunization, Vaccines and Biol
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WHO Europe chief calls for political engagement to ensure effective COVID-
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Friday called on member states of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) Council to be more politically engaged to ensure
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Afghanistan President Ghani expresses gratitude to India, Iran for Chabaha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said hailed the role of India and Iran for the Chabahar corridor as well as the air corridor and said that the trend towards regionalism is likely to be reinforced with a major shift to the center of gravi
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Former IAG CEO Willie Walsh to head IATA
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI): Willie Walsh, former CEO of International Airlines Group (IAG) will be nominated to succeed International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Alexandre de Juniac, who is stepping down from his role in March, confirmed the association on
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Digital health pass 'IATA Travel Pass' to be out soon
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 23 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Monday announced that it is in the final development phase of the IATA Travel Pass, a digital health pass that will support the safe reopening of borders.
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WHO advises against use of remdesivir for hospitalised COVID-19 patients
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday has advised against the use of remdesivir in patients hospitalised for coronavirus treatment.
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CAG Murmu elected as External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva
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New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India, Girish Chandra Murmu has been elected as External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva for a three-year term.
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IndustriALL Global Union endorses 'call to action to end Uyghur forced lab
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 20 (ANI): While the Chinese government continues to hold members of the Uyghur minority group in forced labour camps, the goods produced by the enslaved workers, particularly cotton, are entering global supply chains.
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UNICEF warns emergence of 'lost COVID generation' over pandemic's impact o
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The world risks acquiring a generation of children whose education, nutrition and health have been irreversibly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
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'Switzerland needs to include concerns of Tibetans, Uyghurs in its policy
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Amid rising criticism of China over its human rights abuses in Tibet, the Tibet Bureau Geneva has said that Switzerland needs to take a stronger stance on Tibet and include the concerns of Tibetans and Uyghurs in its Foreign Policy Strategy on China 2
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