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Proud to partner with UN on situational awareness platform-UNITE AWARE: Ja
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): A few hours after chairing the UN Security Council Open Debate on Technology and Peacekeeping, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Wednesday said that he was proud to partner with the world body on a situational awareness platform-UNITE AWARE.
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UN adopts resolution to hold peacemakers' killers accountable
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on member states to hold the killers and perpetrators of violence against the world body's peacekeepers around the world accountable, the global body announced o
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UN chief calls for embracing digital world for conducting peacekeeping mis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the member states to fully embrace the digital world for conducting peacekeeping missions as conflicts have become more intense.
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Jaishankar lays wreath at UN Peacekeepers Memorial in New York
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in New York to chair high-level meetings in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), laid a wreath at the UN Peacekeepers Memorial at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
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Jaishankar proposes four-point framework for securing UN peacekeepers agai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): Proposing a four-point framework to lay architecture for securing UN peacekeepers against contemporary threats, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that 21st-century peacekeeping must be anchored in a strong ecosystem of technology and
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UNHCR issues non-return advisory for Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected.
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Evacuation of Dutch citizens from Kabul fails due to limited US-allotted t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Netherlands has been unable to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan as the US military has not given its plane enough time in Kabul's airport for people to board, acting Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Wednesday.
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Vakrangee receives green consumer certification from Tata Power
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 18 (ANI): Vakrangee Ltd said on Wednesday it has received green consumer certification from Tata Power for availing 100 per cent green energy.
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Motherson Group signs UN Global Compact, strengthens commitment to sustain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 18 (ANI): Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd (MSSL) said on Wednesday it has joined the United Nations Global Compact, a strategic initiative that supports companies with development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices.
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UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan issue on August 24
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns" following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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UN migration agency 'concerned' over developments in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations migration agency on Tuesday expressed "great concern" over the developments in Afghanistan and "grave consequences" for displaced people and civilians needing humanitarian assistance.
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Afghanistan faces 'cultural disaster' after fall of Kabul: UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): Afghanistan faces a "cultural disaster", following the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces, a UN Special Rapporteur on Tuesday urged countries to provide urgent assistance to human rights defenders.
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