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More than 100,000 children in Ethiopian Tigray are at risk of malnutrition
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 30 (ANI/FENA): More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia's Tigray region could suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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We are contributing to peace-building efforts in Afghanistan: India at UNG
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 30 (ANI): India's development partnership with Afghanistan includes more than 550 Community Development Projects covering all its 34 provinces and is aimed at strengthening the country, said Counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, Pratik Mathur.
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COVID-19 infections rise, Delta variant spreads to 132 countries: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): The global number of new COVID-19 cases reported last week (19-25 July) was over 3.8 million, an 8 per cent increase as compared to the previous week, the UN health agency reported on Wednesday.
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US reaffirms support to WHO's plan for probe into COVID-19 orgins, includi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met WHO chief Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesu in Kuwait, where he reaffirmed support to the UN agency's additional studies on the COVD-19 origins, including in China to better understand the pandemic.
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UNSC condemns plan by Turkish Cypriot leaders for reopening Varosha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 24 (ANI): The UN Security Council has condemned the announcement by Turkish Cypriot authorities to reopen a part of Varosha for potential resettlement.
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US Secretary of State Blinken to visit India on July 27, 28; discussions t
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken will visit India next week and the two sides will review the multifaceted bilateral relations while also discussing issues of mutual interest including recovery from COVID-19, the Indo-Pacific region, Afghanistan and coopera
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Taliban seek release of more prisoners, removal of leaders' names from UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): Taliban have sought the release of more prisoners and the removal of its leaders' names from the UN blacklist as a trust-building measure, said Atta Mohammad Noor, a high-level Afghan politician on Tuesday.
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No country with begging bowl can become great nation: Pakistan PM
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): Failing to address the question of the simmering border situation with Afghanistan following the US troops withdrawal, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday, during an election rally in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), choose to target India rather than a
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Myanmar political crisis risks damaging entire generation of children, war
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 17 (ANI): Due to the ongoing political crisis, children's rights in Myanmar are facing an onslaught that risks leaving an entire generation damaged, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has warned.
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Coup, COVID fuelling 'perfect storm' in Myanmar: UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has called for emergency international engagement to deal with a "perfect storm" of factors that are fuelling the coronavirus led crisis in the country.
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UNHCR warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] July 14 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement.
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Pakistan not worried over taking action against terrorists, despite remain
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): Despite remaining on the "grey list" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan is less worried about the UN-designated terror groups living on its territory amid the US troop withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan.
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