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Tibetan representative at UN forum highlights ongoing rights situation in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 8 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva attended the UN forum on minority issues to underline the ongoing human rights situation in Tibet, and called on China to address grievances faced by Tibetans.
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Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 7 (ANI): Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.
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UNGA delays action on Afghanistan, Myanmar's bid for seats
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 7 (ANI): The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to defer a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the world body.
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Tibet Bureau Geneva calls upon China to address underlying grievances of T
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva called upon China at the 14th Session of the UN Forum on minority issues to address the underlying grievances of Tibetans by respecting Tibetan people's historical, social and cultural roots.
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Current Myanmar, Afghanistan envoys to UN to keep posts for now: Russian e
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 2 (ANI): The ambassadors of Afghanistan and Myanmar to the United Nations, appointed by the governments in those countries, will keep their posts until the UN Credentials Committee decides on the nations' representations at the world body, Russian Deputy Permanent R
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US must block International efforts to recognise Taliban in Afghanistan: r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US] December 1, (ANI): As Taliban rulers are trying hard for international recognition of their reinstated Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden must act that the group does not get credentialing at the UN, US media report said.
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Series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI): The UN refugee agency UNHCR said it is "appalled by a series of deadly attacks" on displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), its spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva.
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UN chief welcomes recent trilateral meeting on Karabakh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the recent meeting of the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders and notes Moscow's contribution to resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the UN chief's office said on Saturday.
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Over half million people internally displaced in Afghanistan due to confli
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Kabul [Afghanistan], November 26 (ANI): More than half a million people in Afghanistan have been internally displaced as a result of conflicts and insecurity in the country this year, according to a new report issued by the UN migration agency IOM.
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Iran: Execution of juvenile offender 'deeply alarming and shocking', says
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Tehran [Iran], November 25 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a young man who was a minor at the time he was charged with committing a crime.
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ASEM Summit: Vice President Naidu calls for reforms in UN Security Council
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday emphasized the need for reforms in the UN Security Council and other key international organisations so as to make them reflective of contemporary realities and capable enough to deal with the contemporary
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UN responds to increased humanitarian needs in Yemen following shift in fr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations and partners are responding to increased humanitarian needs in Yemen following a shift in front lines in Hodeidah governorate over the past 10 days, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday.
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