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Blending of gases, hydrogen key to global green energy system, says UN Off
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): A complex blend of electricity, various gases including natural and biogas, and hydrogen will allow the de-carbonisation of the global energy system and help countries achieve green targets, Branko Milicevic, a member of the Sustainable Energy Divisi
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UN peacekeeper killed, 3 injured following mine explosion in northeastern
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeeper was killed and three were seriously injured following the explosion of an improvised explosive device in the northeast of Mali, a UN official said.
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Ethiopia expels seven top UN officials for 'meddling'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 30 (ANI): Ethiopia asked seven senior United Nations staff members to leave the country within 72 hours for allegedly meddling in the Horn of Africa nation's internal affairs, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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Top UN officials call for action to stamp out gender-based violence
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday, with a strong call to action to stamp out gender-based violence (GBV), amid a rise in forced displacement and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe.
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UN official meets Afghan interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, discusses h
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 16 (ANI): A UN official met with Afghanistan's new interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is one of the world's most wanted terrorists, and discussed the ongoing situation of Afghanistan and humanitarian aid.
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UN official raises concern over children's security in Taliban-controlled
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 16 (ANI): Virginia Gamba, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, has raised concerns over the security of children in Afghanistan saying that high levels of violence endured by children in Afghanistan are
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Taliban's engagement with global bodies will depend on ensuring of women's
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): The Taliban's engagement with global bodies will depend upon ensuring that women's rights are secured in Afghanistan.
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Mullah Baradar meets top UN official for humanitarian efforts
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Taliban's deputy head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar met UN under-secretary-general Martin Griffiths, urging the UN's humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan on Sunday, reported local media.
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Food supply for millions of Afghans could run out soon: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): A senior UN official has warned that food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month and urged the international community to step up support for the war-ravaged country.
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Madagascar population facing severe humanitarian crisis due to drought: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], August 22 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the south of Madagascar in 40 years, the most senior UN official in the country has said, warning that the population is facing a severe humanitarian crisis.
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UN says half of Afghan population in need of humanitarian aid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 12 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to witness a surge in violence leading to a humanitarian crisis, half of the country's population is in need of humanitarian assistance and a third of children under five are facing acute malnutrition, informed a UN official.
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Time running out to prevent 'worst case scenario' arising in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): As the major indicators for Afghanistan's security and development looking "negative or stagnant", the threats that lie following the withdraw of foreign troops from the country cannot be overstated, according to the top UN official.
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