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Chinese lending in Africa laced with ambitions to secure UNGA votes amid T
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 4 (ANI): China's "debt diplomacy" in Africa is a deliberately created situation so that Beijing can force these poor states to vote with it in the UN General Assembly, support its positions on Taiwan or acquire valuable real estate in Africa that can be converted i
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US welcomes appointment of new UN special envoy for Libya: Blinken
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States welcomes the appointment of Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sa
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UN's deputy rep to Afghanistan Potzel calls for formation of inclusive gov
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): The deputy head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel, called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan and said that the Taliban must obtain domestic recognition to be recognized by the international comm
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UN chief raises concern over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): Calling the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan "unjustifiable", the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has raised his concern and said that there is a violation of women's rights.
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Catastrophic floods affect 30 out of 34 provinces of Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): Flash floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 100,000 people this year, devastating 30 of the country's 34 provinces, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) report.
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Sustainable Smart City Research Lab under Indo-Taiwan Partnership inaugura
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Working towards the achievement of Goal 11 of the UN SDGs which is 'Sustainable cities and communities', Chitkara University has established a Sustainable Smart City Research Lab' with support from the National Science and Technology Council an
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China slams UN report on Xinjiang and calls it 'farce'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China on Thursday slammed the UN human rights office over a report that found Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and called the finding a "farce".
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Serious human rights violations in Xinjiang by China: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 1 (ANI): A report published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday stated that China has committed "serious human rights violations" against the Uyghur and "other predominantly Muslim communities" in Xinjiang Uyghur
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French envoy welcomes Indian delegation for UN consultations, supports per
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): Extending his support for a permanent seat for India at the United Nations, Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain welcomed an Indian delegation for the UN consultations that took place in Paris on Tuesday.
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Afghan Envoy to UN calls country's future "bleak and opaque"
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 31 (ANI): Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, said that the prospects for a prosperous and secure Afghanistan are "bleak and opaque", local media reported.
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Ukraine to request UNESCO cultural protection for Odesa port
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine is set to request the UN's cultural watchdog to add the historic port of Odesa to its world heritage list of protected sites, according to Al Jazeera.
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UNHCR urges immediate support for millions caught in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.
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