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UN Envoy gets no reply from Saudi Consulate on journalist Khashoggi's kill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, who will be conducting an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday, said that she has not yet received any reply fr
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Russia slams USA over Venezuela crisis at UN
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): Russia has slammed the United States over the burgeoning political crisis in Venezuela and expressed "regret" that the UN Security Council was being drawn into the "unscrupulous games".
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Khashoggi killing: UN official expected to visit Turkey for international
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, is expected to visit Turkey on January 28 for an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
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US congratulates Greece, Macedonia over settlement of name dispute
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): The United States on Saturday lauded the unanimous decision of the Macedonian Parliament to officially change the name of the country to the Republic of North Macedonia.
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Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal quits government service
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar, Jan 9 (ANI) Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal quit the government service on Wednesday, saying he was protesting against the "unabated killings" in Kashmir and "lack of any sincere reach-out from the Union government."
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TDH & RMI multi- stakeholder intervention in India gets UN Recognition
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (NewsVoir): Working in collaboration, Terre des Hommes (TDH) and the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) were judged at the 2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights to have developed the most innovative and inspiring solutions to take the UN Guiding P
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UN passes resolution condemning N Korea's human rights violations
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the "gross violation of human rights" in North Korea in a resolution that was passed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday (local time).
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Need for collaborative, impactful pvt sector investment to support access
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (NewsVoir): 27.1% of maternal mortality deaths are caused by haemorrhage, and of these, 19.7% are due to postpartum haemorrhage. Maternal death is preventable in almost all cases, and according to the UN Commission on Life-saving Commodities, 2015, it makes maternal
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Exact date of Yemen Peace Talks in Sweden unconfirmed: Office of UN Specia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov [Sputnik/ANI]: The exact date of the peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels is unconfirmed, but they will take place in Sweden in Hoda El Turk, the spokesperson for the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told Sputnik on Thursday.
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Poland refuses to sign UN Global Migration pact
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland] Nov 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Polish government's press service department has informed that Poland will not support the UN Global pact on migration.
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India calls for 'reform and reinvigoration' of Security Council
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New York (USA), Nov 10 (ANI): India's Ambassador to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin called for a reform and reinvigoration of the UN Security Council, and focused on the role of strengthening multilateralism- an organising principle for international cooperation.
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PM Modi, Italian PM call on UN members to implement Global Counter-Terrori
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart, Giuseppe Conte, on Tuesday strongly condemned terrorism and called upon all United Nations (UN) member countries to effectively implement the UN-Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy during their meetin
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