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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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UN official calls for end to state of emergency in Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes called on Sunday for ending the state of emergency in Sudan and finding a way out of the current political crisis.
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UN rights chief emphasises on importance of children learning in native la
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Guangzhou [China], May 28 (ANI): UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday discussed the education policies in Tibet with senior Chinese officials and stressed the importance of children learning in their own language and culture.
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Humanitarian situation in Syria dire amid economic crisis: UN official
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian situation in Syria remains dire amid a worsening economic crisis, said Joyce Msuya, the deputy UN relief chief, on Tuesday.
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UN Rights body to seek probe in Afghanistan attacks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): Stressing the protection of Afghans' human rights, the newly appointed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) special rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Benn has pledged to continue monitoring, seeking investigation and accountability over the recent
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UN official stresses priority to hold general elections in Libya
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Stephanie Williams, the adviser to the UN secretary-general for Libya, on Friday stressed the UN priority to hold general elections in the country as soon as possible.
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Taliban, UN officials meet on humanitarian, development assistance for Afg
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Deputy Prime Minister of Taliban-led regime Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on assistance to the war-torn country.
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UN official urges Russia, Ukraine to end conflict through dialogue, diplom
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI/Xinhua): A high-ranking UN official on Friday urged Russia and Ukraine to cease the ongoing conflict through dialogue and diplomacy at a Security Council meeting called by Russia to discuss the United States' alleged military biological research in Ukraine.
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Afghanistan deputy PM Hanafi meets UN officials in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 5 (ANI): Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi on Saturday met with the head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan Mary-Ellen McGroarty and other UN officials in Kabul.
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Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with UN official, President of Red
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time) virtually met UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer and discussed the Afghanistan situation.
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Taliban has to fulfil promises if they want their financial resources to b
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 10 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi has said that the Taliban has to fulfil some promises if they want their financial resources to be unfrozen.
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UN official 'horrified' by massacre of civilians in Myanmar, demands prob
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 27 (ANI): A UN official on Sunday said he was "horrified" by the reports that at least 35, including women and children were killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar.
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