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Iran, IAEA reach agreement to avert nuclear deal crisis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 12 (ANI): Iran and the UN atomic agency on Sunday reached an agreement to avert the crisis surrounding the nuclear deal.
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Elections represent opportunity for stability, unity in Libya
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 12 (ANI): With just over 100 days until landmark elections in Libya, political leaders must join forces to ensure the vote is free, fair and inclusive, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Friday.
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Afghans to stage protest outside UN office in Geneva against persecution o
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI): Afghans will organise a protest outside the UN office in Geneva on International Day of Peace on September 21 against "illegal takeover of Afghanistan" and "persecution of religious and ethnic minorities" by the Taliban regime, a rights activist said
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UNGA President calls for halt to nuclear tests
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 9 (ANI): The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called for an end to nuclear tests, saying these tests have long lasting health and environmental consequences
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'New Delhi Declaration': BRICS calls for instilling new life in discussion
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Members of BRICS countries on Thursday adopted a declaration calling for reforms of the principal organs of the United Nations including instilling new life in the discussions on the reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC).
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India largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping in cumulative terms: Me
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the UN peacekeeping missions, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday informed the member states that India is the largest troop contributor to the peacekeeping operations since their in
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UN registers 300 unaccompanied Afghan children, some flown to Germany, Qat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) dispatched teams to Germany and Qatar to aid efforts by authorities to locate families from some of the 300 unaccompanied children from Afghanistan who were placed on evacuation flights without their parents, Executive Directo
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Almost 3/4th of Lebonan's population lives in poverty
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], September 6 (ANI) Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74 per cent of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
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Mullah Baradar meets top UN official for humanitarian efforts
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Taliban's deputy head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar met UN under-secretary-general Martin Griffiths, urging the UN's humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan on Sunday, reported local media.
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Syria: Prevent 'entire generation from being lost', urges UN humanitarian
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI): Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for "greater access and expanded funding", to better help them.
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MoS Lekhi to participate in Security Council meeting in New York; meets di
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi will represent India at the UN Security Council ministerial open debate on transitions under the agenda item "United Nations peacekeeping operations" on September 8.
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'Major' humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan; UN to convene fundraisin
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, warned again on Friday, amid uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders.
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