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India joins Champions Group of Global Crisis Response Group
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs has been designated as Sherpa to the GCRG process. The Sherpas will meet today virtually and a meeting of the Champions is scheduled to be held on July 21, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a press release.
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"Fully agree": PM Modi responds UN Secretary General's message on Internat
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
On International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he fully agreed with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after the latter articulated his views on the importance of Yoga.
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Yoga unites millions of people across globe: UN Secretary-General
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of International Yoga Day, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, said that yoga not just unites body and mind, but also millions of people across the globe, and urged people to embrace it to build a more harmonious world.
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UN Secretary-General calls for establishment of watchdog to monitor AI
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his support for the establishment of an international watchdog similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to oversee the monitoring of Artificial Intelligence (AI), reported Al Jazeera.
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India train disaster: UN chief Guterres deeply saddened by loss of lives
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his deep sadness over the loss of lives in the Odisha train accident on Friday.
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UN, partners seek USD 7 billion to prevent catastrophe in Horn of Africa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
More than 43 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continue to suffer through one of the worst droughts in recent history, caused by five consecutive seasons of poor rains.
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Unstable, volatile Afghanistan causes worry to UN
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Worsening human rights, in particular women's and girls' rights, poverty, hunger, terrorism and the spread of drug trafficking are among the issues that the people of Afghanistan have been facing under Taliban rule.
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UN holds crucial Afghanistan talks in Qatar, without Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Last week, the UN chief said the de facto Afghan rulers would not be invited to the meeting to discuss the dire humanitarian situation in the country and its international isolation. Taliban recognition was not on the agenda, Al Jazeera reported citing a UN source.
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EAM Jaishankar, UN Secretary-General Guterres discuss current developments
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Good to meet UN Secretary General @antonioguterres in New York today afternoon. Discussed the current developments in Sudan, G20 Presidency and Ukraine," Jaishankar tweeted on Thursday.
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Fighting in Sudan led to horrendous loss of life: UN Secretary-General Ant
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Fighting in Sudan has already led to horrendous loss of life. Any further escalation could be devastating for the country & the region. Those with influence over the situation must use it to support efforts to end the violence, restore order & return to the path of transition," Gute
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Don't let SDGs turn into 'mirage of what might have been': UN chief
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Secretary-General pointed to reports showing that since the pandemic, the richest one per cent of people around the world have captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world combined.
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UN Secretary General condemns ban on Afghan women working with UN in Afgha
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Antonio Guterres in a tweet said: "I strongly condemn the prohibition of our Afghan female colleagues from working in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province."
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