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By 2050, restoration of land will add area size of India and Pakistan: UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 28 (ANI): The restoration of the land by 2050 will add an additional 4 million square kilometres of natural areas, which is the size of India and Pakistan, the UN said in their report on chronic land degradation.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): Uyghur activists, many of whom are survivors of the internment camps set up by China in the Xinjiang region on Monday demonstrated for a week outside the United Nations compound in Geneva demanding a meeting with the UN human rights chief, a media report
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Xiamen aims to be world-class tourism, leisure city
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Xiamen [China] April 27 (ANI/PRNewswire): This is a news report from China Daily: Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian province, boasts a pleasant climate and beautiful scenery, and is known as "a garden on the ocean". The city has received a number of honorable titles for its sound
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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Imran Khan looted Pakistan for years: Mariyum Aurangzeb
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): The information Minister of Pakistan, Mariyum Aurangzeb, challenged former ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to take his mass rallies to Islamabad for all the unanswered questions that need his response.
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UN condemns attack on worshippers in Kunduz Province
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, expressed his deep sorrow over Friday afternoon's horrific attack in Kunduz province which has reportedly killed dozens of people.
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UNSC condemns terrorist attack on educational institutions in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 21 (AN): The UN Security Council on Wednesday (local time) strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack on a school and an education centre in Afghanistan's Kabul.
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EU backs UN chief's call for ceasefire in Ukraine during Orthodox Easter
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union supports the UN secretary-general's appeal to cease hostilities in Ukraine during the Orthodox Easter celebration this week, EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday.
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WB violence: BJP's Anirban Ganguly claims people lost faith in state polic
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Amid the unabated violence in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) think tank member Anirban Ganguly supported demands for the CBI investigation into the recent rape cases, saying that the common people in the state have lost their faith in the police.
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Syria sends letter to UN about US-led coalition's war crimes in Raqqa in 2
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Syria sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and to the UN Security Council about the war crimes of the US-led international coalition in the city of Raqqa in 2017, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released by the state
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UN special envoy calls for representative governance, access to education
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, in his meeting with Chairman of Afghan Senate Fazal Hadi Muslimyar pressed for representative governance, the need for dialogue at all levels, and access to education for girls and
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Afghanistan's envoy to UN condemns Pak airstrikes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 17 (ANI): The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations condemned Pakistani airstrikes in the Khost and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, launched on Saturday, April 16, which killed over 40 people, including women and children, the Permanent Mission of
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