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Hamas welcomes UN report that calls for lifting Israeli siege on Gaza
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Gaza [Palestine] July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Friday welcomed a UN report that called for the immediate ending of the siege that Israel has been imposing on the Gaza Strip since 2007.
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MEA rebukes OHCHR interference regarding legal action against Teesta Setal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday rebuked the UN Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) for Human Rights interference against Teesta Setalvad and two other persons as "completely unwarranted."
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UN body seeks USD 993 million to prevent famine, tackle drought in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Friday that it's seeking 993.3 million US dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.
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Baloch group holds demonstration in Geneva to highlight atrocities in Paki
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): The Baloch Voice Association organised an exhibition cum demonstration on June 20 in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside the Broken Chair sculpture to highlight the atrocities being committed by the Pakistan establishment, especially
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'Made in India' navigational app for UN office in Geneva showcases India's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hailed the 'Way Finding Application' - a 'Made in India' navigational application to be used at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and said that the app showcased India's tech capabilities and country's soft
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UN: 18.4 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 18.4 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa (HOA) countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (
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Sindh human rights group to protest outside UN office over water crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan leading to a tense standoff between the provinces of Punjab and Sindh, a human rights group, Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has called for protests against the crisis in front of the UN office in New York.
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Uyghur internment camp survivors demonstrate outside UN office in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 12 (ANI): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday informed that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace.
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Moscow not thinking West ready for unleashing conflict with Russia: Senior
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and other Western countries are not ready for unleashing a conflict with Russia, and all the pressure on Russia is used by them to raise the stakes during the security guarantees talks, Russia's permanent representative to th
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Russia has no plans to invade Ukraine: Permanent Representative to UN Offi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not have any plan to invade Ukraine, as there is no sense in this, Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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Nepal: Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan submits memo to UN office against Chinese la
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 7 (ANI): The Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan has handed over a memorandum to the United Nations saying that China has encroached on Nepal's land in Humla district and urged the international community to heed to the Chinese land grabbing of the land of the neighbouring cou
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