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UN rights chief lauds 'tenacity' of Afghans during Kabul visit
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 13 (ANI): Amid the uncertainty surrounding the future of Afghanistan, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has lauded the "spirit and tenacity" shown by the Afghans to protect their rights.
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UN urges Sudanese authorities to work to stop violence in country
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 13 (ANI): The United Nations mission in Sudan on Saturday (local time) called on the Sudanese authorities to work to stop violence in all parts of the country and restore stability in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Over 10,000 children killed or injured in Yemen's years-long military conf
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced Saturday that 10,200 children were killed or injured since the conflict escalated in Yemen nearly seven years ago.
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UN human rights chief expresses concern over situation of women in Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 12 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over the situation of women in Afghanistan and said that the women must play an "active role in transforming" the crisis-torn country.
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China supplies arms to Myanmar's military junta to kill civilians
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 12 (ANI): Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur, in his report to the UN Human Rights Council recently identified countries, including China, which have supplied weapons used against civilians since Myanmar's military coup.
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UN official urges Russia, Ukraine to end conflict through dialogue, diplom
Updated : 4 years, 3 months 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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Lack of road makes pregnant woman go from Jharkhand to Chhattisgarh for tr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Gumla (Jharkhand) [India], March 12 (ANI): Unable to access proper healthcare facilities in the absence of proper road, residents in the Mirchai Pat village in Dumri area of Gumla city of Jharkhand took a pregnant woman to a hospital in an ambulance to neighbouring state Chhattisgarh.
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Humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating at an alarming pace: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months 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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UN chief says 11 years of 'brutal fighting' in Syria must end
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a ceasefire in Syria in a statement marking 11 years of "brutal fighting" in the conflict-torn nation.
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UN says it has credible reports of Russian use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI): The UN human rights office has said that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.
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Survey reveals Pakistani fifth graders unable to read English properly
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 11 (ANI): A report by the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan 2021 revealed the deficiencies in the country's education system, 45 per cent of students, mostly fifth graders, could not read a sentence in Urdu and their regional languages while 44 per
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Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine reach 2.5 million, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 11 (ANI): Filippo Grandi, head of the UN's refugee agency on Friday (local time), said that the number of people fleeing Ukraine has now reached 2.5 million estimating that about two million people are displaced inside Ukraine.
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