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China supports travel ban exemptions for Taliban leaders
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 29 (ANI): China has said it hopes that the UN Security Council will extend the travel ban exemption for the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, media reports said.
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VP Dhankhar praises UNGA prez for revitalizing UN, exudes confidence in bo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): While noting the dynamic leadership of UNGA President and Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday praised his work in revitalizing the UN and added that his visit to India will further bolster the multi-facete
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Over 1 million tonnes of grain shipped from Ukrainian ports: Turkish defen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The volume of grain shipped from Ukrainian ports under the UN-brokered grain deal is 1.043286 million tonnes, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence said on Saturday.
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India, Brazil reaffirm urgent need for UNSC reform
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): India and Brazil have reaffirmed the urgent need for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to help combat contemporary challenges to international peace and security, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.
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Pakistan to launch UN 'Flash Appeal' as floods rage across the country
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Pakistan is set to launch the UN 'Flash Appeal' for flood victims in Geneva and Islamabad on August 30 as unprecedented rains have caused devastating floods across the country.
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Moscow says UN Secretariat's position on Zaporizhzhia NPP shelling by Kyiv
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Secretariat takes an unprincipled position in the light of the Ukrainian shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, deliberately distorting the situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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China in tight spot after UN report confirms human rights violations in Xi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Pakistan: Protests erupt in Karachi after prolonged loadshedding
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Protests erupted in different parts of Pakistan's Karachi on Tuesday due to the unannounced and prolonged load shedding, local media reported.
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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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India calls for more representation of developing countries at UN Security
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 22 (ANI): Highlighting that the challenges the world is confronted with cannot be dealt with through outdated systems and governing structures, India on Monday said that the most urgent need of the hour is to make the United Nations Security Council more representati
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