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Delegates consider India's G20 presidency to come up with solutions on is
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Calling India's G20 Presidency 'incredibly important, Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, said that the world is looking out to the G20 and to India's presidency to try to come up with some solutions.
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Gandhi's values can defeat challenges across cultures, borders: UN Residen
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid the Ukraine war, United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp said that challenges can be defeated by embodying Mahatma Gandhi's principles across cultures and borders for a peaceful future.
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Lives of Afghan women, girls changed unrecognizably since Taliban returned
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the senior UN official in the country, Resident Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov, described his fears for girls' lives and called for women to play a full role in reviving the Afghan economy.
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Stable govt a distant wish to most Sri Lankans: Think tank
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): As the political and economic upheaval in Sri Lanka continues, the average Sri Lankan believes that the current situation is largely due to self-serving politicians who have led them into this mess.
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Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka: UN
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): The UN mission in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the national Constitution, following weeks of protests that finally saw the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday.
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22 per cent of Sri Lankans need food aid: UN official
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 10 (ANI): A total of 22 per cent of the Sri Lankan population or 4.9 million people live in need of food assistance at the moment, a high-level UN official said on Friday.
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Sri Lanka: UN welcomes lifting of State of Emergency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the lifting of the State of Emergency in Sri Lanka, which was imposed for the "maintenance of public order."
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Ukraine crisis: UN Resident Coordinator in India calls for ceasefire, nego
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp on Saturday called for a ceasefire and a return to the negotiation table in the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
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MoS Muraleedharan receives credentials from UN Resident Coordinator in Ind
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Monday said he has been received credentials from Shombi Sharp, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator in India.
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Shombi Sharp appointed as UN Resident Coordinator in India
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 16 (ANI): Shombi Sharp, who devoted more than 25 years of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally, has been appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in India, informed an official statement.
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UN official urges Bangladesh to ensure protection of minorities, impartial
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 19 (ANI): UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo on Monday urged the Bangladesh government to ensure the protection of minorities and an impartial probe in the recent communal violence after 'news' broke on social media about the alleged desecration of th
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Madagascar population facing severe humanitarian crisis due to drought: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], August 22 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the south of Madagascar in 40 years, the most senior UN official in the country has said, warning that the population is facing a severe humanitarian crisis.
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