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Iran ousted from UN Women's Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Russia and Zimbabwe.
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UN high-level meeting mobilizes support for Africa's sustainable developme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Africa came under the spotlight at a special high-level dialogue held Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, which was aimed at mobilizing greater support for advancing the continent's sustainable development.
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17 countries elected into UN Economic and Social Council for 3-year term
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Seventeen states were elected Friday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urges Dr Yusuf Merchant to spread the
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI/ATK): In the virtual presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Over 40,000 kgs of illicit drugs and narcotic substances were destroyed in over 13 centres all over India to mark the Drug Destruction Day on June 8.
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India calls for ensuring financial viability of infrastructure projects in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): Speaking at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, R Ravindra on Friday said that infrastructure investments, especially in low and middle-income countries must follow "principles of financial viability" to
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India gets elected to 4 United Nations ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [UN], April 13 (ANI): India on Wednesday got elected to four United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) bodies, the country's mission to the UN informed in a tweet.
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Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governme
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Tirumurti thanks member states after India gets into UN Economic and Socia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to United Nations TS Tirumurti thanked all UN Member States after India got elected into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Monday (local time).
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India gets elected to three UN ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 21 (ANI): India was on Tuesday elected to three United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) bodies.
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'Regressive activities' like support to terrorism have increased, worsenin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 20 (ANI): Despite the United Nations Secretary General's call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic, 'regressive activities' like support to terrorism and aggression have increased which have worsened the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, Indian A
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Border deal with Israel to aid ailing Lebanese economy by allowing oil dri
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanon's struggling economy will significantly benefit from the revenues from the extraction of oil and gas from the disputed area once the country reaches a border demarcation agreement with Israel, Lebanese Economic and Social Council General Di
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India beats China, becomes member of UN's ECOSOC body
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): India has been elected as a member of the United Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), said TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Monday (local time).
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