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Guterres to donate USD 500,000 prize from Human Fraternity Award to UN Ref
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he will donate the prize of USD 500,000 he received upon acceptance of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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UN Special Envoy on Myanmar 'strongly condemns' military coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 3 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General's special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, on Tuesday strongly condemned the steps taken by the Southeast Asian country's military and called it shocking.
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UN Chief condemns detention of Myanmar leaders, urges military to adhere t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 1 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the detention of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders and expressed grave concern regarding the declaration of the transfer of all legislative,
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LJP to contest all seats in WB, Assam elections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has decided to contest all seats in West Bengal and Assam in the upcoming elections, said Abdul Khaliq, LJP Secretary-General.
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Some 27,000 children stranded in Al-Hawl camp in Syria
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov said on Friday that some 27,000 children remain stranded in the Al-Hawl refugee camp in northeastern Syria, despite the efforts undertaken over the past years to repatriate them.
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UN Chief urges rival political forces in Myanmar to show restraint after d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on rival political forces in Myanmar to exercise restraint following the controversial general elections in November, in which the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party, led by State Counsell
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UN chief receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in New York
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in New York on Thursday.
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India's vaccine production capacity is best asset world has today, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): Calling for India to play a major role in global vaccination campaign, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday termed the vaccine production capacity of India as the "best asset" that the world has today.
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UN Chief says 2021 must be year to put world back 'on track'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that 2021 must be a year of changes that will return the world on the right path.
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UN chief condemns suicide bombings in Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Thursday's deadly twin suicide bombings targeting civilians at a market in Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, said his spokesman.
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Iran, six other nations lose right to vote in UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 19 (ANI): Iran and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, reported Jerusalem Post.
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UN peacekeeper killed in targeted attack in Central African Republic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 16 (ANI): A United Nations peacekeeper was killed and another suffered injuries in an attack in the Central Africa Republic (CAR), said United Nations secretary-general's spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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