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UNGA President welcomes P5 States statement on nuclear war prevention: Spo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid welcomed a statement issued on Monday by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council affirming that nuclear war cannot be won, his spokesperson Paulina Kubiak told Sputnik.
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'Act on principles of impartiality,' Taliban to UN on Naseer Faiq assuming
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 18 (ANI): Responding to the issue of allowing Naseer Ahmad Faiq to assume the seat of Afghanistan's permanent representative at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Taliban on Saturday urged the world body to act on principles of impartiality.
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French envoy congratulates International Solar Alliance for obtaining UNGA
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Monday congratulated International Solar Alliance (ISA) on obtaining the observer status by UN General Assembly (UNGA) and said it will scale up solar power and implement the "One Sun, One World, One Grid" vi
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UN General Assembly grants Observer Status to International Solar Alliance
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 10 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has granted Observer Status to International Solar Alliance (ISA), India's Permanent Ambassador to United Nations, T S Tirumurti announced on Thursday (local time).
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UNGA delays action on Afghanistan, Myanmar's bid for seats
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 7 (ANI): The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to defer a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the world body.
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UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 3 (ANI): The resolution entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal" was adopted on Friday by consensus and co-sponsored by 173 Member States at the 76th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) in New York.
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Senior Russian Diplomat calls adoption of US-Russia draft on ICT in UNGA '
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia considers the adoption of its joint with the United States draft resolution on the peaceful use of information and communications technology (ICT) in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly as a "serious victory," Russian Representative
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UNSC, UNGA elect Australian Professor Charlesworth to serve as ICJ Judge
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly on Friday elected Hillary Charlesworth from Australia to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Mexico's Ambassador to the United Nations Juan Ramon de la Fuente said.
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UN pays tribute to former General Assembly president Bouteflika
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN General Assembly on Thursday held an event to pay tribute to former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who served as the 29th president of the General Assembly between 1974 and 1975, and died last month.
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Global challenges can only be addressed through multilateralism: UNGA pres
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At his first press conference since the annual high-level week ended, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Abdulla Shahid said on Friday that multilateralism remains the only way to tackle common challenges.
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India at UNGA side event highlights its digital platforms, calls for techn
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): While participating virtually in a gathering at the high-level UN General Assembly-76 event titled "From Open Software to Open Society," India highlighted its public digital platforms and called for strengthened technological cooperation between member
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Rome says G20 summit on Afghanistan expected in coming weeks
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome (Italy), September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): An extraordinary G20 summit on Afghanistan will take place within the next few weeks, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.
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