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UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid to visit India today
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Addu City [Maldives], August 28 (ANI): United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid will visit India from August 28-29 and meet the senior leadership including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
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Russia expects US to issue visa to Lavrov, delegation for UNGA Visit: Fore
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 18 (ANI): Russia expects that the United States will issue visas to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his delegation for their participation in the high-level meetings during the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, a senior diplomat told Sputnik on Thursday.
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UN high-level meeting mobilizes support for Africa's sustainable developme
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Africa came under the spotlight at a special high-level dialogue held Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, which was aimed at mobilizing greater support for advancing the continent's sustainable development.
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UN chief calls for bold, coordinated responses to global food crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 19 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for bold and coordinated responses to solve the ongoing global food crisis.
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17 countries elected into UN Economic and Social Council for 3-year term
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Seventeen states were elected Friday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term.
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UNGA adopts resolution on multilingualism, mentions Hindi language for fir
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI): In a significant initiative, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time.
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'Don't patronize us': Tirumurti slams Dutch envoy over Ukraine remark
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 6 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the UN TS Tirumurti has slammed the Netherlands Ambassador to the UK after the envoy said that India should not have abstained in the UN General Assembly on Ukraine.
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UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 7 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted in favour of the suspension of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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India abstains in UNGA on resolution by Ukraine on humanitarian crisis, re
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 25 (ANI): India abstained from voting on the draft resolution by Ukraine and its allies on the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country arguing that the draft resolution didn't fully reflect India's expected focus and the need of hour is to focus on cessation of ho
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UNGA adopts resolution on Ukraine; 140 countries vote in favour while Indi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 24 (ANI): The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on Thursday, with 140 countries voting in favour and five against.
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UN General Assembly to vote again on Ukraine
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will vote Wednesday on a draft resolution on Ukraine, the second such resolution since the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, a spokesperson said Monday.
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Next UN secretary-general should be female, says General Assembly chief
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI/Xinhua): UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said Monday that the next UN secretary-general should be female.
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