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UN chief says funding of WHO, humanitarians should not be cut amid COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 9 (Sputnik/ANI): The coronavirus pandemic requires an unprecedented global response, and reducing the funding of the World Health Organization (WHO), is untimely, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Russian news agency.
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UNCTAD predicts $3.4 trillion debt for developing countries amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Developing countries' repayments on their public external debt alone will soar to between 2.6 trillion and 3.4 trillion USD in 2020 and 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said in a new report while calling for a glo
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COVID-19 vaccine must be considered public good with universal availabilit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 25 (ANI): The under-trial vaccine for coronavirus must be considered a global public good and made affordable with universal availability, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday (local time).
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ESIC nurses stuck due to lockdown seek permission to serve at nearest heal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The All India ESIC Nurses Federation has asked the government for necessary permission to nurses stuck at different places to utilise their services at the nearest healthcare centres amid coronavirus pandemic.
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VHP demands high-level probe into involvement of leftists in Palghar mob l
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Secretary-General of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Milind Parande, on Monday expressed anger over the killing of two saints and their associates in Palghar in Maharashtra and demanded a high-level probe into the involvement of leftists in this brutal inc
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Allowing e-commerce companies to deliver non-essential goods is unjust to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Centre allowing e-commerce companies to deliver non-essential goods from April 20, while the lockdown is still in force, is unjust and will discourage the more than 40 lakh traders dealing in essential commodities in the country who catered
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UN warns COVID-19 could trigger worst downturn since Great Depression
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 18 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger the worst downturn in the global economy since the Great Depression, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday (local time).
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'WHO must be supported', says UN chief after Trump halts organisation's fu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 15 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) must be supported, hours after US President Donald Trump's announcement of halting his country's funding to the organisation.
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UN chief saddened by destruction due to Cyclone Harold in Pacific region
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 13 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) expressed sadness over the reports of loss of life and destruction brought by tropical Cyclone Harold in the Pacific region.
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UN Middle East Envoys appeal for peace to tackle COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], April 12 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) envoys in the Middle East have urged all parties involved in different wars in the region to "respond positively" to the secretary-general's March 23 appeal to cease the hostilities and help in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak.
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'World faces its gravest test': UN Secy General urges Security Council to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 10 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that the world faces its gravest test from the coronavirus pandemic that poses a significant threat to the maintenance of international peace and security.
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UNSC supports efforts concerning potential impact of COVID-19 in conflict-
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed its support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on countries already ravaged by war and called for unity and solidarity.
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