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'Plight of missing persons have increased': NGO highlights issue of enforc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), an NGO, had a virtual meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances, wherein they agreed to make a more concerted efforts to raise the International Community's understanding of the
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UN 'encouraged' by steps to preserve Iran nuclear deal after US proposes t
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New York [US], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations welcomes all steps to preserve the Iran nuclear deal in light of the United States' announcement of its readiness to return to diplomacy with Tehran and is reviewing the details of the US proposal, UN spokesman Farhan Haq told Sput
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UN regional meet to focus on energy transition in Asia Pacific during Covi
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Bangkok [Thailand], February 19 (ANI): Senior government officials and stakeholders from 53 countries including India will convene next week to discuss energy transition in the context of Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on policy solutions for a greener, more resilient, and inclusive energy futu
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UNICEF says lives of 3 mln children in Eastern DRC at risk amid militia at
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New York [US], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Militia violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens the future of some 3 million internally displaced children in the east of the country, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.
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Chandrababu Naidu unable to digest defeat in gram Panchayat polls, says YS
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): YSRCP General Secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Thursday lashed out at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu stating that he is unable to digest his defeat in Gram Panchayat elections, particularly in his own Kuppam Ass
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Don't jump to hasty conclusions without understanding issues: India slams
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New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir is an "integral and inalienable part of India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday slammed the two UN Special Rapporteurs (SRs) for criticising its policies towards J-K and advised them to develop a bett
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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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Delhi's premier fashion institute NIFT joins #DNAFightsRape- Save the Evid
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New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A virtual discussion jointly organised by Ogilvy India and the country's leading fashion and design institute, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Delhi, brought together subject matter experts from legal, law enforcement,
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Myanmar coup: 'Terrified' UN rights expert sounds alarm ahead of massive p
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has warned of the potential surge in violence, as protests continue against the military who overthrew the democratically elected government.
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UN chief condemns attack on school, abduction of students in Nigeria
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID-19 vacc
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to
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India to gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to UN peacekeepers
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New Delhi [India], Feburary 17 (ANI): India on Wednesday announced that it will gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to United Nations peacekeepers.
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