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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disabil
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities.
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Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, 'world is watching' UN rel
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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Success of multilateralism depends on success of General Assembly: India a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) said that the success of multilateralism principally depends on the success of the General Assembly as the world is facing challenges related to sustainable development, security, migration, health and climate change.
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UN Under-Secretary seeks 385 million USD to fund Myanmar humanitarian resp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has urged the international community to fund the humanitarian response for Myanmar by providing 385 million dollars amid the deteriorating situation in the
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Afghanistan facing worst humanitarian crisis on earth: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Director of United Nations World Food Programme David Beasley has called the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan "the worst crisis" on earth, local media reported citing his interview with a broadcasting company.
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UN Security Council condemns drone attack against Iraq Prime Minister
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council has issued a statement condemning the terrorist attack targeting the Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa-al-Kadhimi.
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Columbia, Cornell, Brown Universities order evacuations after bomb threats
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Several Ivy League universities in the United States, including Columbia University in New York City, reported bomb threats and ordered evacuations on Sunday.
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Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir becomes first Olympic champion to win New York C
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], November 8 (ANI): Peres Jepchirchir and Albert Korir led a Kenyan sweep of the open division titles -- the sixth in event history -- while Australia's Madison de Rozario and Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the wheelchair division titles at the 2021 New York City Marathon on Sund
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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UN chief condemns attack on Iraqi Prime Minister, called for investigation
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack on the home of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and called for punishing those responsible, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Sunday.
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MoS Rajkumar Singh to visit New York from Nov 8-9, attend high-level UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs (MOS), Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh will pay an official visit to New York on November 8-9, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Sunday.
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55 per cent of Afghan population face food insecurity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): Nearly 55 per cent of the Afghan population are estimated to be in a crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year, a UN agency report has revealed.
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