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Smart, sustainable maritime transport critical to global recovery: UNCTAD
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI) Although the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on maritime trade last year was less severe than expected, the knock-on effects will be far reaching and could transform the sector, the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, said in its latest report, published
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India to pursue permanent solution on public stockholding for food securit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): India's stand in the forthcoming meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Geneva, starting from November 30, will be to find a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes.
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Ahamdis' persecution intensifying since Imran Khan govt came to power: Ahm
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Highlighting the state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat wrote to the President of the UN Human Rights Council, informing that Imran Khan-led government have banned over 20 websites affiliated with the Ahmadiyya Mus
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WHO chief says COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop: VOA
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the "scandal" of global COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop, according to a recent report by Voice of America (VOA).
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Over 1 million Afghans refugees deported by Iran this year: IOM
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16 (ANI): Iran has deported over one million Afghan refugees to Afghanistan in 2021 so far, informed the United Nations migration agency.
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Afghanistan hit with rapid surge in outbreak of measles: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 15 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) said that due to lack of vaccine, Afghanistan has been hit with a rapid surge in the outbreak of measles.
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Europe hits highest weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has informed that almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started.
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Russia does not see any progress on prisoners exchange with US
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not see any progress on the prisoners exchange with the United States after the July summit held by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Geneva; the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rig
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Russian Mideast envoy meets Syrian Opposition leaders in Moscow
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Moscow [Russia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov met with Qadri Jamil, leader of the Syrian opposition Popular Front for Change and Liberation and head of the Moscow Platform of the Syri
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New shipment of WHO life-saving medical supplies arrives in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 8 (ANI): An aircraft carrying around 7 metric tonnes of lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the operations and logistic teams of Qatar Airways and the Qatar government.
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UNHCR: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced peo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], November 7 (ANI): Underlining the clear link between climate-related emergencies and forced displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Sunday implored leaders to change words to action and step up support to mitigate loss and damage due to climate change in the most
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UN Refugee Agency deplores violence at demonstration outside its main offi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 7 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Sunday deplored violence that broke out during a demonstration outside its main office in Tripoli, Libya, in which at least three persons were attacked, with one person taken to hospital.
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