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India's Permanent Mission to UN to co-host two special events on Monday, T
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"In the margins of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Permanent Mission of India to the UN will be co- hosting 02 special events! See below. Thank you @w20org and @unwomenindia for the fantastic collaboration!," India's Permanent Mission to UN tweeted.
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India elected chair of 62nd session of UN Commission for Social Developmen
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
This is the first time since 1975 that India has become Chair of the Commission for Social Development, according to a release issued by the Indian Permanent Mission to the UN.
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Mexican President proposes commission for global truce, led by 3 leaders i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], August 10 (ANI): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is planning to submit a written proposal to the UN to create a commission, made up of three world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to promote a world truce for a period of five years, MSN web
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India is committed to advance gender equality, women empowerment: Smriti I
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday reiterated India's commitment towards advancing the goals of gender equality and empowerment of all women to ensure that men and women are accorded equal treatment and enjoy the same opport
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Gender equality a priority focus for India; PM Modi moved nation to women-
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 19 (ANI): TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to United Nations on Thursday said that achieving gender equality is India's priority focus, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved the nation from a paradigm of women's development to women-led dev
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China faces reverses in UN bodies, India makes it to ECOSOC
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): China is facing significant reverses in UN bodies, on Monday India secured a seat in UN Commission on Status of Women by beating China.
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Growing calls for UN to probe gross human rights violations in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 30 (ANI): As China continues with its massive human rights abuses in Xinjiang, there have been growing calls for a probe by UN commission into the relentless oppression of Uighur Muslims.
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Gaza protest killings: UN says Israel may have committed war crimes
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): A UN-backed independent panel on Thursday said it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israeli soldiers may have committed "violations of international human rights" by shooting at journalists, health workers and children during last year's protests in Gaza.
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Need for collaborative, impactful pvt sector investment to support access
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (NewsVoir): 27.1% of maternal mortality deaths are caused by haemorrhage, and of these, 19.7% are due to postpartum haemorrhage. Maternal death is preventable in almost all cases, and according to the UN Commission on Life-saving Commodities, 2015, it makes maternal
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Altaf Hussain demands UN commission on genocide of Mohajirs in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 30 (ANI): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) founder and exiled leader Altaf Hussain has demanded the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to constitute a commission to look into the massacre of the Mohajirs in Pakistan since 1947.
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