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Syrian foreign minister, UN envoy discuss resumption of Constitution talks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem held a meeting on Sunday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen to discuss the resumption of the Syrian Constitutional Committee's small group talks in Geneva, a diplomatic source told Sputnik.
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EU Council Chief to convene informal meeting on COVID-19 on October 29
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday announced an informal video conference on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic scheduled for October 29 amid a deteriorating epidemiological situation in a number of countries, callin
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Libyan parties reach agreement during UN-sponsored joint military talks
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Tripoli [Libya], October 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday announced that the Libyan parties engaged in talks in Geneva have reached agreement on several important issues.
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WHO to soon issue guidelines on use of emergency drug Remdesivir
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 17 (ANI): The World Health Organization is set to issue policy guidelines in several weeks on the use of the antiviral drug Remdesivir, which has been given in emergency use to treat COVID-19 in several countries.
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EU to strengthen counter-coronavirus cooperation at highest level: Council
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The heads of states and governments of the European Union have agreed to reinforce the cooperation and make the coordination regular around issues pertaining to the fight against COVID-19, European Council President Charles Michel said on Frida
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WHO DG urges to go after COVID-19 virus, not the vulnerable
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI): As the countries continue to register news cases of coronavirus every day, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged the leaders to maintain peace and focus on combatting against the virus and "not the vulner
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Global tuberculosis progress mired by scarce funding, COVID-19: WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Despite steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, global targets for prevention and treatment will likely be missed largely due to insufficient funding and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest report releas
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Schools in Pakistan teach hatred against Hindus, Jews, Baloch activist tol
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that schools in Pakistan teach about hatred against Hindus and Jews to the students.
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ACI, IATA call for urgent industry-wide support to underpin recovery
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Montreal/Geneva, October 14 (ANI): Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have reinforced the urgent call for governments to use testing as a means to safely re-open borders and re-establish global connectivity.
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Safety Paramount: WHO on Johnson & Johnson halting COVID-19 vaccine tr
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes that safety in research is crucial and is pleased to see developers acting by the rules, the WHO spokesperson told Sputnik regarding Johnson & Johnson suspending its vaccine trials.
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World's largest vivid pink diamond from russia to be auctioned on November
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Moscow [Russia], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): One of the world's largest fancy vivid purple-pink and internally flawless diamonds from Russia will be sold at Sotheby's Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction on November 11, media reported on Monday.
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WHO expects to see COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020 at earliest
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that a vaccine against the coronavirus disease will be ready for registration by the end of 2020 or early next year at the earliest, Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO chief scientist, said on Monday.
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