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UN chief appoints Indian Army veteran Abhijit Guha as head of Hodeidah mis
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (local time) appointed Lieutenant General (Retired) Abhijit Guha as the head of the UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen.
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India, Pak must resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue, says UN Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres remains very concerned about any potential escalation between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and appeals to both sides to deal with the issue through dialogue, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson of Guterres, on Wednes
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NSG membership crucial for growth of nuclear power: Modi tells UN secretar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): India is moving towards clean energy including investment-intensive nuclear power for which membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is crucial to building investor confidence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told the UN Secretary-General Antonio
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Repealing Article 370 is India's internal matter, Modi tells UN Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their meeting on Sunday that repeal of Article 370 was India's internal matter and no step has been taken by New Delhi that in any manner threatens regional peace.
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UN chief condemns bomb attack on wedding ceremony in Kabul
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 19 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the "horrific" bomb attack that targeted a wedding procession in the Afghan capital on Saturday night (local time) and claimed lives of 63 people.
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Implementing death penalty in SL will protect future generations from drug
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 29 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena called United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and said protecting the nation and its future generations from the prolific risk of drug trafficking is the reason why he decided to implement the death pena
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Cold War 'coffin' leaking radioactive waste in Pacific, UN expresses conce
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday confirmed that a massive concrete dome built during the Cold War era to contain waste from nuclear testing conducted by the US has degraded and began leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
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Climate change is running faster than we are says UN chief
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand] May 13 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while addressing the media on Sunday alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Auckland said that Climate change is worsening.
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UN chief appeals for resources for Cyclone Kenneth-hit areas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 29 (ANI): The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community for further resources as Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique and Comoros, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
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UN chief lauds Pak PM for freeing IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lauded the decision of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to free Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, a move easing the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, on Friday.
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UN Secretary-General offers to broker peace between India and Pakistan
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington [USA] Feb 20 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered to broker peace between India and Pakistan that have been in a diplomatic clash following the suicide attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on February 14.
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Haven't received requests to launch criminal probe into Khashoggi's murder
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said that the world body has not received requests from other countries to initiate a criminal investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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