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COVID-19: Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for v
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], June 11 (ANI): Ahead of the 12th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference, Pope Francis has extended support for waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and asked the UN body to adopt measures to ensure access to coronavirus shots fo
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UN experts urge China for 'full access' amid human rights concerns
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): Ahead of the Human Rights Council meeting, a group of UN experts have urged the Chinese government to cooperate fully with the UN human rights system and grant unhindered access to independent experts to report on the treatment being meted out to the ethn
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into human trafficking crisis: U
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into a human trafficking crisis, warned Pramila Patten, the UN secretary-general's special representative on sexual violence in conflict, on Monday.
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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan trigger diplomatic row
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 6 (ANI): Pakistan's airstrike within the territory of Afghanistan on April 16 this year has created a diplomatic row between the two countries.
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Bonn climate change conference next week to set tone for COP27
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], June 5 (ANI): The upcoming Bonn Climate Change Conference is set to kick off next week at the World Convention Center Bonn, Germany, and is designed to prepare for the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 which is scheduled for November this year in Egypt.
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UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 4 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday (local time) condemned the latest attack on the UN peacekeepers in Mali in which two Egyptian peacekeepers lost their lives.
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Two Egyptian peacekeepers killed, 2 others injured in Mali: UN
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 4 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the killing of two Egyptian members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a UN spokesman said.
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Security Council urges armed groups in DRC to lay down arms
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Security Council on Friday urged all domestic armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to lay down their arms.
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China rejects Xinjiang rights abuses accusations at UN
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 3 (ANI): After the US and UK requested Beijing to allow unfettered access to the northwest Chinese province at the UN security council, China rejected the accusations of human rights abuses being levied against the country in the Xinjiang province.
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Iranian UN ambassador slams US sanctions as 'war' on Iranian people
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 3 (ANI): Iran's permanent representative to the UN Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the United States has waged a "war" on Iranian civilians by imposing sanctions, state media reported on Friday.
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Looks like UN is in bed with communist China: Rights group on Bachelet's C
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Pro Uyghur groups are calling for the resignation of the UN rights chief, stating that she failed to denounce the repression of Uyghurs, during her six-days trip to China.
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