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Security Council condemns Houthi attacks in UAE capital
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 22 (ANI): The members of the UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned Monday's "heinous terrorist attacks" in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as in other sites in Saudi Arabia.
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Japan, France express concern over progress in North Korean missile progra
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan and France on Friday expressed serious concern over the progress in the North Korean nuclear and missile program and urged Pyongyang to take concrete steps to implement the provisions of the UN Security Council resolutions.
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Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh's RAB from peacekeeping
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 21 (ANI): The UN Department of Peace Operations should ban Bangladesh's "notoriously abusive paramilitary" Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from UN deployment, 12 organizations said in a letter to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, made public on Thursday.
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Over half million people lost jobs in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): More than half a million people have lost or been pushed out of their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.
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UN to urge donors to provide USD 8 billion aid for Afghanistan, says Lyons
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): The UN top envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons on Wednesday said that the organization is working on a proposal to urge donors to provide eight billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan.
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India at UN reiterates for peaceful resolution of Israel-Palestine issue,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 20 (ANI): India on Wednesday at the UN Security Council open debate on the Middle East, reiterated its firm and unwavering commitment to the peaceful resolution of the Palestine issue and supported a negotiated two-state solution.
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UN Security Council approved parliamentary elections in Libya: Special Adv
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council approved the electoral process for the Libyan parliament and the road map agreed on it, which is valid until June, Stephanie Williams, the UN Secretary General's special adviser for Libya, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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COVID-19: Next three weeks could be critical, warns Pak medical body
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 18 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Tuesday warned that the next two to three weeks could be critical for the country.
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Chandigarh Welfare Trust, an NGO for well-being, holistic development of C
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): With the mission of creating a future full of opportunities, tolerance and social justice, with community well-being at its core, a first-of-its-kind NGO dedicated to development and welfare of the Chandigarh city-- Chandigarh Welf
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UN mission welcomes return of 'relative' calm in Kazakhstan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN mission in Kazakhstan appreciates that "relative" calm and order have been restored in the country following violent protests in early January, spokeswoman Elnara Bainazarova told Sputnik on Friday.
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UN to allocate record high USD 150 million to support humanitarian operati
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Central Emergence Response Fund will allocate record high USD 150 million this year to support humanitarian operations in 13 countries in different regions of the world, UN Humanitarian Office Spokesman Jens Laerke said on Friday during
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Chinese soldiers threw stones at Vietnamese at border fence, Ha Giang prov
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ha Giang [Vietnam], January 13 (ANI): A video posted on the Twitter account of one Lee Ann Quann on January 3 shows Chinese soldiers throwing stones at Vietnamese construction workers and abusing the unarmed workers, in Ha Giang province of northern Vietnam, bordering China.
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