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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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UN officials expect global transport conference to promote sustainable dev
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference is expected to provide a global platform for communication and cooperation in the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN officials said Tuesday at the eve
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UNHCR delivers aid for people affected by earthquake in Pakistan's Balochi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has provided 500 emergency tents and thousands of core relief sets to Balochistan's provincial government for families affected by the earthquake that struck the region on October 7.
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Israel to double settlements in Golan Heights: Prime Minister
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Tel Aviv [Israel], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel intends to double the number of residents and build two new settlements in the Golan Heights, a disputed strategic area, which the UN considers part of Syria, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday.
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UNSC calls for justice after terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Kunduz
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New York [US], October 10 (ANI): Condemning the recent attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, the UN Security Council (UNSC) has underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, and sponsors of terrorism to justice.
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UNICEF on the ground to respond to latest Ebola case in DRC
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN children's fund, UNICEF, said Saturday in a statement that it is working with health authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a new Ebola case was reported in the northeastern part of the country.
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UK, India agree ambitious collaboration on clean energy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh on Friday met UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss strengthening collaboration on accelerating the move to global clean energy in the run-up to the UN Climate Change
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Blending of gases, hydrogen key to global green energy system, says UN Off
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): A complex blend of electricity, various gases including natural and biogas, and hydrogen will allow the de-carbonisation of the global energy system and help countries achieve green targets, Branko Milicevic, a member of the Sustainable Energy Divisi
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Russia may convene UNSC session to hear report on actions of US-led coalit
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Moscow [Russia], October 4 (ANI): Russia may convene a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in the foreseeable future where the US-led coalition would have to report on its actions in Afghanistan, according to a top Russian diplomat.
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UN Chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
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New York [US], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Saturday's improvised explosive device attacks against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali near Tessalit, Kidal region, in which a peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and fou
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UN rights chief calls for probe into killing of Rohingya activist
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Geneva [Swizterland], October 2 (ANI): Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for a thorough probe into the killing of a Rohingya activist at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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3,500 school students battle it out in India's biggest debate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Indian Debating League is the IPL of Debating, wherein teams from 28 states and 8 UTs have been united by AugLi, a 21st-century Future Skills Academy, to put forth their points of view and address the UN SDG issues relevant for the nation.
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