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'We share the exact same vision for peace in Ukraine': Biden to Zelenskyy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "share the exact same vision" for peace in Ukraine.
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"Targeted discrimination" UN slams Taliban's decision to suspend women fro
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the UN and its humanitarian partners also urge the de facto authorities to reopen girls' schools beyond the sixth grade and end all measures preventing women and girls from participating fully in daily public life,
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Assam Rifles conducts medical camp in Manipur's Tamenglong
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As part of reach out a programme to the general population and assisting them in humanitarian aid, Assam Rifles conducted a medical camp at the far-flung Abin village in Tamenglong District in Manipur on Monday.
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Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency's special envoy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"After more than 20 years of dedicated and committed work with the UN Refugee Agency advocating for the rights and protection of forcibly displaced people around the world, Angelina Jolie is moving on from her role as UNHCR's Special Envoy to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human
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Pakistan seeks more international aid as it fails to deal with devastating
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Next year will set another record for humanitarian relief requirements, with 339 million people in need of assistance in 69 countries, an increase of 65 million people compared to the same time last year, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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First Quad Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief meeting held in Del
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Arindam Bagchi stated that multiagency teams from India, Japan, the United States and Australia discussed how they can deliver a coordinated and effective response to future HADR events in Indo-Pacific.
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Tharoor applauds India's abstention of vote in UNSC on humanitarian concer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday applauded India's abstention from the vote in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on a resolution that exempts humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions.
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India willing to engage with Taliban to tackle humanitarian crisis: Ex-Afg
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a recent interview on the sidelines of a conference of anti-Taliban Afghan leaders with the US and EU representatives, Nabil said that unlike other countries India didn't take any side with the political stakeholders and has always followed its non-interference in the internal affairs pol
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"Dialogue and diplomacy are the only way forward": India in UNSC on Russia
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In her address to the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Kamboj said that India has been consistently calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities since the commencement of Russia-Ukraine conflict
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At UNSC, India abstains from vote on resolution that exempts humanitarian
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj said India's concerns were triggered by proven instances of terror groups taking full advantage of such humanitarian carve-outs and making a mockery of sanctions regimes.
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EU delivers medicines, nutritional aid to crisis-hit Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan received a humanitarian cargo containing medicines and humanitarian aid from the European Union (EU) on Thursday. According to Khaama Press, humanitarian aid has reached Kabul via the EU humanitarian air bridge.
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India voices concern over global food security due to Ukraine war
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
India's Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador Ravindra made these remarks at the UN General Assembly on the topic of "Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance".
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