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UNDP warns Afghanistan banking system on brink of collapse
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 23 (ANI): A new UN report on Monday said Afghanistan's banking and financial systems are on the verge of collapse following the country's takeover by the Taliban.
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58 refugees released from detention in Libya's capital
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 58 refugees have been released from a detention center in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
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India votes in favour of UN resolution to eradicate rural poverty
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 23 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) voted in favour of a UN resolution to eradicate rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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UN experts urge China to release ill journalist jailed for COVID reporting
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 22 (ANI): UN experts on Monday urged China to release journalist Zhang Zhan, who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, "as her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life is in danger."
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IMF plans to revive USD6 billion Pakistan funding programme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said that it has come to an agreement with Pakistan on terms to help revive a USD 6 billion funding programme for the country.
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71 refugees resettled from Libya to Canada: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Sunday that it resettled 71 refugees from Libya to Canada.
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Some irresponsible nations with hegemonic tendencies interpreting UNCLOS i
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): While calling India a "responsible maritime stakeholder", Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said some "irresponsible nations" with their narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies are coming up with wrong definitions of the UN Conven
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Catastrophic and famine-like conditions hang over Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 21 (ANI): The UN humanitarians have warned that "Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter.
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UN calls for investigation into Peng Shuai disappearance; WTA willing to p
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 20 (ANI): The United Nations on Saturday called for an investigation into Peng Shuai's disappearance while the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is willing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business in China for the tennis player.
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'Afghanistan's farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 20 (ANI): "Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders, whose needs continue to rise with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
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302 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN refugee agency
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 302 illegal migrants have been rescued at sea and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
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UN Security Council delegation visits South Sudan to press for peace deal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A delegation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has arrived in South Sudan to follow up on the implementation of a peace agreement that ended years of conflict between various factions of the country's ruling party.
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