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Australia prepares additional military, humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia is allocating an additional USD 15.5 million in military aid to Kyiv and will also provide Ukraine with USD 22 million in emergency humanitarian assistance, the Australian government said on Sunday.
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Desperate Afghans wait for aid as lack of coordination reduce its effectiv
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Lack of coordination in the distribution of humanitarian aid is adversely reducing effectiveness in Afghanistan.
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PM Modi, Kishida reiterate call for an immediate cessation of violence in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Saturday said that the Russia-Ukraine conflict and China were discussed during the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, where both leaders expressed the serious
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Governor of Maharashtra honors Jyothi Adhav for being a humanitarian and t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI/Target Media): More and more women are being honoured and recognized for their hard work, and remarkable achievements in the global corporate world. Jyothi Adhav is a humanitarian, who has made her mark not only in the corporate world but also as an artist
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Blinken speaks with Ukrainian FM, discusses growing civilian casualties
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time) held a phone call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and discussed the growing number of civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict while talking about the efforts to bring an end to the
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Humanitarian needs in Myanmar grow as fighting continues
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 19 (ANI): As the fighting continues in Myanmar, the humanitarian needs increased as the country became unstable after the February 1, 2021 coup by Tatmadaw (Myanmar's armed forces).
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Security Council votes to boost UN priorities in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): The Security Council has renewed the mandate of the UN special political mission in the country, with a focus on priorities, ranging from coordinating humanitarian aid delivery to human rights monitoring and facilitating dialogue.
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UN refugee chief urges world to extend support to Afghans
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the UN Refugee Agency chief has called for sustained international support for the war-ravaged country.
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As war rages on, Ukraine, Russia agree on nine humanitarian corridors
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 18 (ANI): Ukraine and Russia have agreed on nine humanitarian corridors for Friday (Local Time) that may start from Ukraine's Mariupol, Sumy, Trostyanets, Lebedyn, Konotop, the settlements of Krasnopillya, and Velyka Pysarivka.
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Don't lose sight of the many other crises in which people are suffering: W
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): Briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) said that even as the war-torn country remains to be the centre of the world's attention, peop
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Russia puts UNSC Ukraine Resolution on hold, calls for emergency meeting o
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): Russia halted its call for a vote on its draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine over lack of support and will instead call for an emergency meeting to address the US bio-laboratories in the war-torn country.
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Humanitarian action in Ukraine should not be politicised: India at UNSC
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI): India emphasized that humanitarian action shall be guided by the principles of humanity and should not be politicised while reiterating its previous calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine speaking at the United Nations Security Council (U
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