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After months-long delay, UN Security Council to discuss COVID-19 today
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 9 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members will on Thursday convene a closed-door meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the COVID-19 via videoconferencing.
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UN suspends peacekeeper deployments until June 30
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations has suspended the rotation and deployments of uniformed personnel, including individual officers and already formed, police and military peacekeeping units until June 30, in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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UN condemns rocket attack on Tripoli hospital as Libya braces for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the shelling of a hospital here which it termed a "clear violation of international law", as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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India temporarily lifts ban on supply of hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India on Tuesday temporarily licensed the export of paracetamol and anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in appropriate quantities to some countries, which have been particularly badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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UN Security Council may meet soon to discuss COVID-19, says Secy Gen Anton
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): With the world under the grip of COVID-19, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres indicated that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may meet soon to discuss the pandemic, which has infected more than 1.2 million worldwide and killed cl
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Impossible to contain COVID-19 in war-torn countries like Libya: UN
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 5 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that an outbreak of coronavirus in Libya could be worrisome and catastrophic for the country's Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and other 700,000 refugees in the country.
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COVID-19: Concacaf postpones 2020 Nations League Finals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Florida [USA], April 4 (ANI): The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has announced that the 2020 Nations League Finals have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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ICJ urges UNHRC to act against China for coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against China for committing grave offenses against humanity by spreading the lethal coronavirus across the world resulting in the death of thousan
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UNGA adopts resolution in fight against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on fighting COVID-19. UNGA also called for intensified international cooperation to against the pandemic.
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UN disarmament commission's session postponed to 2021 over COVID-19: UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has pushed back the organizational session of the UN Disarmament Commission to 2021 in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, debt relief needed for poorest nations:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 2 (ANI): The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories across the globe.
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UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing count
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 31 (ANI): With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries (excluding China) facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations is calling for a 2.5 trillion dollars package for these countries to turn expressio
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