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Starvation in Afghanistan, people sell children and body parts: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 29 (ANI): The UN Head of World Food Program (WFP) has again expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and added that the Afghan people have resorted to selling their children and parts of their bodies to survive.
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United Nations Selection Assistance and Assessment Team 2022-2024 curtaile
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The number of United Nations Selection Assistance and Assessment Team (UN SAAT) 2022-2024 members for the upcoming Assessment of Mission (AMS) visit has been curtailed to 150 including at least 25 per cent women, and the documents related to listed off
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8th International Young Chef Olympiad themed on United Nations UN Sustaina
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): After the huge success of YCO 2021 on the virtual platform, YCO 2022 will once again capture the online platform with another exhilarating edition of the World's Biggest Virtual Culinary Battle, the 8th International IIHM Young Chef Olympiad.
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'Urgent, renewed effort' needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar: UN ri
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 29 (ANI): UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday appealed international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar's military to stop its campaign of violence against citizens, and to insist on the prompt return to civilian rule, almost one year after
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China agrees to Xinjiang visit by UN rights chief in first half of 2022: R
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): China has agreed to let the United Nation's human rights chief visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, media reports said.
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UN expresses concern over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 28 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the reports of human rights violations in the country.
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US envoy to UN confirms requesting UNSC meeting on Ukraine on Monday
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed that the mission had requesting an open UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation on Ukraine's border and said she looks forward to a direct and purposeful discussions
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Pakistan's unabated borrowing poses economic challenges, warns UNDP
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Providing an overview of Pakistan's policy priorities, regulatory environment, and its private sector development, a UN report warned that continued borrowing from multilateral and other sources is posing all sorts of economic and political challenges
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Zafar Iqbal pays tribute to hockey legend Charanjit Singh, says he was one
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Tributes are pouring for hockey legend Charanjit Singh who died on Thursday in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh due to age-related complications.
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Indian, Central Asian leaders agree to boost counter-terrorism mechanism
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [Delhi], January 27 (ANI): Indian and Central Asian leaders agreed to boost the existing counter-terrorism mechanism as noted by the Delhi declaration on the sidelines of the first Indo-Central Asian summit held virtually on Thursday.
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Liquor worth Rs 7.02 Cr seized in violation of Model Code of Conduct, says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 27 (ANI): Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju said on Thursday that various surveillance teams have seized 16.10 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 7.02 crores in violation of the Model Code of Conduct to date, which is currently in effec
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PM Modi condoles demise of hockey legend Charanjit Singh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the demise of hockey legend Padma Shri and Arjuna Awardee Charanjit Singh who passed away in Una district, Himachal Pradesh due to age-related complications.
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