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UN rights chief's first visit to China seems to be 'wasted historic opport
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 27 (ANI): The recent visit of the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to China could be a golden chance to investigate the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold Beijing accountable for its abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans, but it seems tha
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UN allocates USD 10 million to quake-hit Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 26 (ANI): United Nations has allocated USD 10 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Funds (UNCERF) on Sunday to support the people of Afghanistan affected by the earthquake that struck this week in the eastern part of the country.
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'Save our Ocean, Protect our Future': UN Ocean Conference to kick start fr
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], June 26 (ANI): United Nations Ocean Conference is set to take place in Lisbon, Portugal from June 27-July 1 and will be co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, said the UN in its press release.
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Roe vs Wade: Overturning of 50-year-old abortion law creates uproar in Uni
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Friday's decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe vs Wade judgement guaranteeing access to abortion across the United States, is being described by the UN experts as "a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality."
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UKPNP holds demonstration in Geneva over human rights, security situation
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): The members of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) led by Shaukat Ali Kashmiri on Friday staged a protest at the UN human rights head office in Geneva to highlight the atrocities being committed against the people of Pakistan Occupied Kashm
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UN agencies rush to aid Afghanistan following deadly quake
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (ANI): The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday morning.
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World Sindhi Congress raises issue of gross human rights violations of Sin
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 23 (ANI): During the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Asif Panwhar, member of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) called on the Council to look into the gross human rights violations of Sindhi people in Pakistan and urged to take action to protect
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UN Biodiversity Conference to be relocated from China to Canada
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 22 (ANI): The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada from December 5 to 17 this year.
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Global refugee resettlement needs will rise steeply next year: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): More than 2 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, according to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2023 released on Tuesday by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
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Ruchira Kamboj appointed as India's Permanent Representative to United Nat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 21 (ANI): India's envoy to Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer on Tuesday appointed as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
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Tirumurti hosts Yoga event at UN building in New York
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of 8th International Yoga Day, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Tuesday hosted the event at the North lawns under the UN Building.
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Security Council condemns attack against UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Security Council on Monday strongly condemned Sunday's attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, which left one peacekeeper from Guinea dead, as well as Saturday's attacks near Gao and near Bankass, in which dozens of civil
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