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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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IATA proposes alternative to traveller quarantines
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to avoid quarantine measures when re-opening their economies.
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WHO predicts global covid cases to reach 10 million within next week
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 24 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom said on Wednesday that he expects the number of novel coronavirus cases around the world to reach 10 million next week.
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Over 133,000 new COVID-19 cases reported globally as total count nears 9 m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The global cumulative count of confirmed coronavirus cases is approaching nine million, with 133,326 cases recorded over the past day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report on Tuesday.
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Global merchandise trade shrank by 3 pc in Q1: WTO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): The volume of merchandise trade shrank by 3 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the global economy, according to data released on Tuesday by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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WHO suggests dexamethasone usage for critical COVID cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday (local time) emphasised on a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, a cheap steroid which after clinical trials has shown life-saving potential for critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19 caused unprecedented jobs crisis globally: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): Almost all of the world's workers, some 94 per cent, were living in countries with some type of workplace closure measures in place in May, according to the United Nations' policy brief 'The World of Work and COVID-19'.
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WHO reports over 183,000 new COVID-19 cases, global count reaches 8.7 Mill
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): The global count of coronavirus cases has surpassed 8.7 million, with 183,020 new cases recorded on Sunday, the World Health Organisation said in its daily situation report.
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Silent protest held outside UN over persecution of Christians in Pak
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): A silent demonstration was held on Saturday in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside Broken Chair to raise a voice in solidarity to eradicate the malicious blasphemy law and forced conversions in Pakistan.
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Yoga promotes peace, rights, well-being: Director General UN
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Yoga promotes principles of peace, rights and wellbeing that UN is working towards, said UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya on Saturday (local time) during the commemoration of 6th International Day of Yoga.
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Tibetans hold anti-China protest at UN complex in Geneva
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 19 (ANI): Members of the Tibetan community from Switzerland and Lichtenstein held an anti-China protest in front of the United Nations complex in Geneva on Friday.
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Global FDI flows projected to plunge 40 pc in 2020: UNCTAD
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40 per cent in 2020 from their 2019 value of 1.54 trillion dollars, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2020.
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