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Argentina calls for changing global COVID-19 vaccine patents distribution
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has raised concerns about the unequal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines among nations and urged the international community to reverse such tendency.
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Namibian tribes file petition to UN over genocide deal with Germany
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Windhoek [Namibia], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A group of Namibian Ovaherero and Nama tribes on Thursday petitioned the United Nations (UN) to intervene over what they called an "unfair and botched" deal struck by the Germany and Namibian governments on the genocide between 1904 and 1908.
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UNGA President-elect appoints Indian diplomat Nagaraj Naidu as Chef du Cab
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Male [Maldives], June 10 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister and President-elect of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has appointed India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu, as his Chef du Cabinet.
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UN condemns 'horrendous attack' on deminers in Afghanistan
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): The United Nations has called for an investigation into the attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines.
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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UN urges G7 to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access across low-income countries
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Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (OHCR) said on We
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Students enrolled in foreign universities afraid of getting stuck in India
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Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): Many students, who are to travel abroad for studies, are worried about visa cancellations and getting stuck in India due to the Covid-19 vaccine shortage and timely administeration of their second dose.
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UK welcomes UN court decision to uphold Mladic's life sentence
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London [UK], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab on Tuesday welcomed a UN court appeal judgment upholding the life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Srebrenica over two decades ago.
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UN chief calls killing of Muslim family in Canada 'heinous attack'
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New York [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he is "appalled" at the murder of a Muslim family in a targeted car crash attack in the Canadian province of Ontario and calls upon the world to stand united against such hatred.
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Imran Khan-led govt unlikely to implement IMF conditions in budget: Ex Pak
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Former finance minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, Aisha Ghous Pasha has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme will likely be suspended because the Imran Khan-led federal government might be unable to implement major conditions of t
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India welcomes adoption of UNSC resolution recommending Antonio Guterres 2
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New York [US], June 8 (ANI): India on Tuesday welcomed adoption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution recommending a second term to Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General.
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Debbie Hewitt set to become first woman to lead FA in its 157-year history
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London [UK], June 8 (ANI): Debbie Hewitt is set to become the first woman to lead The Football Association(FA) in its 157-year history, with effect from January 2022, after receiving a unanimous nomination from the FA board.
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