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UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan origin in Ethiopia and called on the country's authorities to respect human rights.
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Shombi Sharp appointed as UN Resident Coordinator in India
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 16 (ANI): Shombi Sharp, who devoted more than 25 years of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally, has been appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in India, informed an official statement.
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EU wants Pak to rapidly implement minority, women rights protection acts t
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 16 (ANI): European Parliament Vice President Heidi Hautala has said that the bloc would like to see a bit more rapid implementation of the laws by Pakistan, particularly anti-torture law, sexual violence, and protection of women and children rights in order to
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Foreign Secretary Shringla congratulates Bimal Patel for election to UN's
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday congratulated Professor Bimal N Patel on his resounding victory as India's candidate in elections to the International Law Commission.
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Pakistan: 37 cases of enforced disappearances reported in October
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 15 (ANI): It seems the menace of enforced disappearances continues unabated in Pakistan as 37 new incidents of abduction have surfaced from across the country in the month of October.
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Ethiopia calls on UN to condemn terrorism in country: Diplomat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian government is calling on the United Nations to condemn the "terrorism" of TPLF in the country, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the United States, Fitsum Arega, told Sputnik.
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Afghans, Iranians hold protest against Taliban in front of UN's Vienna off
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 15 (ANI): Some 100 Afghans and Iranians gathered in front of the UN office in Vienna on Sunday to condemn the Taliban amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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UN special envoy meets women religious scholars in Kabul, discusses Islami
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): A top UN Special Representative in Afghanistan on Sunday met with women religious scholars in Kabul and discussed different aspects of Islamic Law and the key issues concerning rights of girls and women in the country.
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3 million across Myanmar in need of humanitarian aid, warns UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 15 (ANI) Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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Russia welcomes COP26 adoption of rules of how to implement Paris deal: En
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Adoption of Article 6 of the 2015 Paris agreement by COP26 member countries is the main achievement of the 26th UN Conference on Climate Change, Ruslan Edelgeriyev, the Russian president's special envoy for climate, said on Sunday.
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UN warns food insecurity to worsen in Somalia by May 2022
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly through May 2022 in Somalia, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacity, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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COP26 closes with 'compromise' deal on climate, but it's not enough, says
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 14 (ANI): After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, "reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of
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