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UN 'extremely' saddened by murder of UK Conservative politician Amess
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is saddened by the killing of UK Conservative lawmaker David Amess who died earlier on Friday after being stabbed at his regular constituency surgery in Essex, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
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UN must work to enhance support for South-South cooperation: India at UNGA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): India on Thursday at the United Nations (UN) underlined the need to enhance support for South-South cooperation and ensuring that resources meant for core development programmes are not re-purposed.
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UN pays tribute to former General Assembly president Bouteflika
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN General Assembly on Thursday held an event to pay tribute to former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who served as the 29th president of the General Assembly between 1974 and 1975, and died last month.
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China's power woes reveal a strategic weakness
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): China is facing an electricity crisis, forcing factories to reduce operations, power consumption, and leading to outright blackouts in some provinces, according to multiple media reports.
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US returns to UN Human Rights Council, Blinken says United States will adv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the return of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council, after leaving it in 2018 under then-President Trump.
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India re-elected to UNHRC for 6th term with overwhelming majority
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): India on Thursday was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a sixth term (2022-24) with an overwhelming majority as it vowed to promote and protect human rights through "Samman, Samvad and Sahyog".
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UN chief asks for 3.12 bln USD for 2022 budget
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked for nearly 3.12 billion U.S. dollars as the world body's regular budget for 2022.
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Situation uncertain in Afghanistan, specifically for women: Former ministe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI): Afghanistan's acting minister for women, who fled Kabul, has said the whole situation is uncertain for all the people in her country, and specifically for women who shaped the social fabric of their society for generations.
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UN calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to volatile N. Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Describing the situation in northern Ethiopia as unpredictable and volatile, the United Nations on Wednesday urgently called on all parties to allow unimpeded and sustained access for humanitarian aid.
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Moscow calls on nuclear powers to confirm formula that nuclear war will ha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia calls on nuclear powers to confirm a fundamental formula that there will be no winners in a nuclear war and it must never be unleashed, Konstantin Vorontsov, the deputy director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Rus
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Sustainable development will only be achieved by collective efforts: India
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): India on Tuesday (local time) reiterated that sustainable development will only be achieved by collective efforts and New Delhi will continue to work in this direction.
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India raises concern over spread of terrorism in Africa at UNSC
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 12 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) V Muraleedharan on Tuesday (local time) said that the increasing spread of terrorism in Africa is a matter of serious concern, adding that these terrorist forces and groups receive encouragement from membe
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