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UN Security Council approves 30-day Syria ceasefire resolution
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday unanimously backed a 30-day ceasefire resolution in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
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Iran plane crash: UN Secretary-General offers condolences
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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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Maldives unrest: Police use force against opposition leaders
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 17 (ANI): The political unrest in the Maldives deepened further when the police used force to crack down on Maldivian opposition leaders, who continued to hold anti-government protests.
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Maldives opposition calls for UN intervention
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 16 (ANI): A joint opposition in the Maldives on Friday issued a call for the United Nations (UN) to immediately intervene in the island nation's political turmoil and to put an end to the emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen.
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UN Secretary-General meets N Korean delegation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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UNGA President to attend opening ceremony of Pyeongchang Winter Games
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Feb 6 (ANI): United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Miroslav Lajcak will visit South Korea on Wednesday to attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that will be held on February 9, South Korean foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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Ex-footballer George Weah wins Liberian presidential polls
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Monrovia [Liberia], December 29 (ANI): Former Liberian footballer George Weah on Thursday won the country's presidential elections, defeating vice-president Joseph Boakai in a runoff.
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UN-backed Lebanon tribunal's tenure extended for three years
Updated : 8 years, 3 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 human rights chief will not seek a second term
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 21 (ANI): United Nations high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a staunch critic of United States President Donald Trump has stated that he will not seek a second term.
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UN Chief calls on Myanmar to free arrested journalists
Updated : 8 years, 3 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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Trump's decision on Jerusalem has opened 'gates of hell', warns Arab world
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi/London [India/U.K.], December 7 (ANI): The Arab world has denounced the United States's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and said the holy city would continue to remain "eternal capital of the State of Palestine" and President Donald Trump's move has opened "the
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