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Congress calls for immediate cessation of hostilities by Israel, Hamas, ur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Expressing its grave concern over the spiraling violence in East Jerusalem, Gaza and Israel, the Congress on Friday called for immediate cessation of hostilities by both Israel and Hamas and for urgent intervention of the UN Security council to restore peac
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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US blocks UN meeting on Israel-Palestine conflict, says it won't support d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) blocked a public virtual meeting of the UN Security Council to address the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine, informed diplomats.
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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process underway:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the process of recognition by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was underway, and the UN would welcome its completion.
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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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India at UNSC expresses concern at escalating Israel-Palestine conflict
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI): TS Tirumurti, Ambassador of India to the UN on Tuesday expressed concern at the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine and urged both the sides to avoid changing the status quo on the ground.
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in DRC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's attack against a temporary position of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which resulted in the death of one Malawian blue helmet.
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Indian peacekeeper, who died in line of duty last year, honoured at UN mem
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 7 (ANI): An Indian UN peacekeeper Yuvraj Singh, who died in line of duty in 2020, was honoured during the UN annual Memorial Service on Thursday.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels/Rome, May 6 (ANI): The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) has found.
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Fair climate policy could help reduce extreme poverty: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], April 27 (ANI): Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. If recent trends continue, the UN goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 will be clearly missed.
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UNWTO, IATA collaborate on destination tracker to restore confidence in tr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Madrid / Geneva, Apr 24 (ANI): The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have launched a destination tracker in preparation for the restart of international travel.
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Pro Uyghur body hails UK parliament for passing motion saying China commit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], April 23 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has hailed the unanimous passing of the genocide motion in the British House of Commons after legislators in the UK unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown on Uyghurs in its northwest region of Xinjiang a "genocide".
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