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COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is not the last of its kind and that people should take measures to prevent such crises in the future.
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UN chief mourns death of Archbishop Tutu of South Africa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday mourned the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, calling him a towering world figure for peace.
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Stoltenberg wants to hold Russia-NATO council talks on January 12
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is ready to organize a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council on January 12, a NATO official told the DPA News agency.
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Blinken, NATO chief discuss readiness for talks over Russia-Ukraine tensio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg concerns over Russia's military activity near Ukraine, but conveyed the United States' readiness to engage in dialogue to resolve the issue, State Departmen
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UK Defence minister meets NATO General Secretary to discuss Ukraine: Minis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK defense minister, Ben Wallace, met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the situation near Ukraine's border, the UK Ministry of Defence said.
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Jaishankar receives French Secretary General Francois Delattre, discusses
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday received Secretary General of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs Francois Delattre and discussed the Indo-Pacific.
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India, France take stock of bilateral relations, to work closely in areas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday met Francois Delattre, Secretary-General, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France for foreign office consultations. The two countries agreed to closely work together in areas of regional,multi
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Tariq Ali Bakheet appointed as special envoy to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 21 (ANI): Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Tariq Ali Bakheet, has been appointed as special envoy to Afghanistan.
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UN Chief says confident Lebanese election to take place in March 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday following a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati that he was confident the general election in Lebanon will take place at the end of March.
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OIC's Under-Secretary-General urges international community to provide urg
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Under-Secretary-General Tariq Ali Bakheet on Sunday urged the international community to come forward and provide the people of Afghanistan with immediate humanitarian aid.
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UN chief says showing solidarity with migrants more important than ever
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that showing solidarity with migrants is more important than ever in his message on International Migrants Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 18.
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World cannot defeat pandemic in uncoordinated way: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Arguing that the world "cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries "must take concrete action in the coming days" to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world's population by the end of t
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