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'Afghanistan has been forgotten': UN envoy on arrival in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.
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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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Top UN envoy hails two-month renewal of Yemen truce
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], June 3 (ANI): A truce between the Government in Yemen and Houthi rebels has been renewed for an additional two months, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg announced on Thursday.
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UN envoy arrives in Yemen's Aden to discuss lifting siege on Taiz
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Sunday arrived in the southern port city of Aden to hold meetings with the country's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) over the reopening of blocked roads to the strategic southwestern province of Taiz.
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UN envoy seeks thorough probe into rising terror strikes in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Alarmed by continued terror attacks in Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett has called for a thorough and independent investigation of these attacks that have resulted in the killing of dozens of people.
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UN envoy discusses social, economic, humanitarian challenges in Syria
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Visiting UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Sunday that he discussed in Syria "the very serious social, economic and humanitarian challenges" facing its people.
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Iran's UN envoy warns against politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran said politicizing Syria's chemical weapons issue would jeopardize the authority of the world's chemical weapons watchdog and hinder constructive dialogue with Syria on the issue, Iranian Press TV reported Saturday.
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Pakistan among top ten countries facing severe water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan is estimated to be in the top 10 list of the world's countries facing water scarcity, said Munir Akram, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) while emphasizing the water issues which plagues the country.
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UN envoy calls upon Taliban to allow girls' education
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 10 (ANI): The UN's envoy has called for urgent steps from the Taliban regime to ensure that all Aghan girls are able to attend schools in Afghanistan.
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India safeguards rights of minorities, essential core of democracy, says I
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Indramani Pandey, during the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday said that India is a secular state and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential
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UNSC failed to exercise its primary responsibility of maintaining internat
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], February 28 (ANI): Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Vasily Nebenzya on Sunday (local time) said that the UNSC has failed to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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Global outrage over fate of missing Afghan women activists: UN
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 10 (ANI): The top UN envoy in Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons met top Taliban leadership on Wednesday and expressed concern over the missing Afghan women activists.
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