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Omicron: School closures must be 'avoided whenever possible', says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI): Despite the rise in the cases of COVID-19 due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible, said Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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UN rights office urges Vietnam to release jailed activists
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI): Authorities in Vietnam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
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Taliban nominee requests for UN Afghanistan's envoy seat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 17 (ANI): The United Nations should hand the seat of the Afghan ambassador over to the new government of the country, the nominee of the Taliban to the UN, Suhail Shaheen said on Friday.
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UN to consider resolution to extend mandate of terror monitoring team set
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): United Nations Security Council has decided to consider a resolution to extend the mandate of the monitoring team set up to assist the UNSC 1267 and 1988 committees, which deal with terrorism.
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EU leaders unanimously vote for prolonging Russia sanctions: Council Head
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Leaders of the EU countries have unanimously voted for the prolongation of sanctions against Russia during the EU summit in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday.
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Biden warns of winter of 'severe illness, death' for unvaccinated as Omicr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of the Omicron variant globally, US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned about a winter of "severe illness and death" for unvaccinated Americans as COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the country.
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World cannot defeat pandemic in uncoordinated way: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Arguing that the world "cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries "must take concrete action in the coming days" to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world's population by the end of t
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Morocco's extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite an Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
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US: Kentucky tornado death toll rises to 75, number of missing down to 16
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kentucky [US], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the tornados that hit the US state of Kentucky over the weekend has increased to 75 with at least one more person suspected dead and 16 more still unaccounted for, Governor Andy Beshear said on Thursday.
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Venezuela violated jurist's rights, says UN Human Rights Committee
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Venezuela violated a jurist's right to be tried by an independent tribunal and his right to the presumption of innocence, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday.
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UNICEF to use logistics center in Uzbek city to deliver assistance to Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], December 16 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) intends to use a logistics center in the Uzbek city of Termez to deliver humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Munir Mammadzade said on Thursday.
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Bangladeshis hold anti-Pakistan protest in front of UN to mark 50 years of
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 16 (ANI): Bangladeshis living in Switzerland gathered in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to seek justice against the 1971 genocide by Pakistan.
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