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Day 2 in New York: Jaishankar interacts with three presidents, four counte
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on a 10-day visit to the United States, interacted with three presidents and four foreign ministers, on the second day of the 77th session of the UNGA, on Tuesday (local time) at the UN headquarters in New York
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Jaishankar holds talks with Ghana President, discusses ongoing cooperation
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 20 (ANI): To discuss the ongoing cooperation between India and Ghana in the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday called on the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, on the second day of the 77th session of the UNGA, at UN headquarters
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After Lancet commission raises questions about WHO, UN body says omissions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): A day after a Lancet Commission report claimed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) acted too cautiously and slowly while dealing with Covid-19, the UN body on Friday said that while it agreed with many of the findings there were also some "omission
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Pakistan faces TTP, JeM hurdle in exiting FATF grey list
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 16 (ANI): The UN's anti-terrorism watchdog - the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - will meet next month to evaluate not just enacting of laws and their enforcement, but also individuals and terror groups suspected to be the beneficiaries in Pakistan, report
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India will do its best to promote South-South cooperation: UN envoy Kamboj
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): India will do its best to promote South-South cooperation, which has become even more important at present because of the COVID-19 pandemic, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj has said at an event.
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Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report says progress still possible despite s
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], September 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today released its sixth annual Goalkeepers Report, noting that nearly every indicator of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is off track at the halfway point for achieving them by 2030. Read More
Pakistan's 'deception game' with FATF exposed
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): The greylisting by Paris-based international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has forced Islamabad to take action, albeit in a limited sense, against some of the UN-designated terrorists however with the possibility of getting out from the
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25 mn Afghans living in poverty: UN body for humanitarian affairs
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to witness a debilitating rights situation, the UN body for humanitarian affairs expressed concerns over the grave condition pointing out that 25 million people in the country are living in poverty, media reports said.
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Week-long hunger strike in front of UN to protest Pakistan's 'genocidal at
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): Protesting the human rights violations and genocidal atrocities against Sindhis committed by the Pakistani state, its security agencies and the successive governments, a week-long Sindh Hunger Strike was announced in front of the UN offices during the
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High time situation of Uyghurs is discussed in UN Security Council: World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], September 8 (ANI): In the wake of serious human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in China, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) said that it is about time that the situation of Uyghurs should be discussed at the UN security council and the human rights council.
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UNSC members condemn terrorist attack outside Russian Embassy in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul on September 5.
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Afghan delegation to discuss humanitarian crisis in Vienna
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): At least thirty-one political and intellectual figures from Afghanistan will discuss the ongoing political as well as humanitarian crisis and put forward a critical perspective on the Taliban's rule in a Vienna meeting which is scheduled to take place
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