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For 55 million displaced, status quo 'not an option': UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 30 (ANI): Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own countries, according to a new report.
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UNWTO Secretary-General inaugurates IIHM Global Centre for Tourism and Hos
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India[, September 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): A grand celebration on the online platform was organised for World Tourism Day 2021 by the International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM).
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UN mission chief urges Sudanese parties to reach consensus
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], September 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) for Sudan urged on Tuesday all the Sudanese parties to reach consensus and work together to acco
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UN Secretary-General holds talks with Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerba
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has held two separate meetings, with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the United Nations informed.
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Namdev Shirgaonkar elected as Secretary General of Maharashtra Olympic Ass
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], September 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Olympic Association has appointed Namdev Shirgaonkar as its Secretary General. His appointment came at the back of an unopposed election.
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UN chief asks to treat food as human right rather than commodity
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Food should be viewed as a human right, not as a commodity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
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Lavrov to take part in UNSC Permanent Members' Foreign Ministers' meet
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The meeting of the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General will be held in New York on September 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in it, Russian Foreign Minis
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Globe is on the edge of an abyss, says UN chief on climate change
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 21 (ANI): Urging the world to wake up to climate change, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed in his UNGA address that the globe is on the edge of an abyss and moving in the wrong direction.
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President Biden meets Guterres, reaffirms 'strong partnership' between US,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Monday evening (local time) met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and reaffirmed the strong partnership between the United States and the United Nations which, in particular, is based on common values that include respect
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UN chief condemns executions by Houthis in Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 20 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned Saturday's executions of nine individuals by the Houthi movement in Yemen, said his spokesman.
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UN chief requests SCO cooperation on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has asked for cooperation from the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in support of Afghanistan.
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Taliban sent letter to UN with commitments to protect UN Staff: Guterres
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he received a letter from the Taliban, in which the outfit committed to protecting UN personnel working in the country and addressing issues related to women's rights.
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