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Over 2,500 UN personnel in Myanmar amid coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): The United Nations continues to closely monitor the situation in Myanmar and has over 2,500 personnel on the ground engaged in providing support to the population following the recent military coup in the country, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wed
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Guterres to donate USD 500,000 prize from Human Fraternity Award to UN Ref
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he will donate the prize of USD 500,000 he received upon acceptance of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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UN Special Envoy on Myanmar 'strongly condemns' military coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 3 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General's special envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, on Tuesday strongly condemned the steps taken by the Southeast Asian country's military and called it shocking.
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New Zealand set to play World Test Championship final at Lord's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI): New Zealand is set to play the finals of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) at the Lord's Cricket Ground as Australia's three-match Test tour of South Africa was postponed due to an 'unacceptable' coronavirus risk on Tuesday.
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Australia's tour of South Africa postponed due to 'unacceptable' COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 2 (ANI): Australia's three-match Test tour of South Africa has been postponed due to an 'unacceptable' coronavirus risk, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday.
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Trouble paying rent, being forced to move associated with lower levels of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): While we all know how stress affects our sleeping pattern, a new study has found that people who are unable to pay their rent or are being forced to move out may sleep less than their peers who don't have such problems.
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UN Security Council to discuss situation in Myanmar on urgent basis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 1 (ANI): The United Kingdom, which took over the presidency of the Security Council said it plans to discuss on an urgent basis the situation in Myanmar, where the army has seized power by staging a coup, overthrowing the civilian government.
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UN Chief condemns detention of Myanmar leaders, urges military to adhere t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 1 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the detention of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders and expressed grave concern regarding the declaration of the transfer of all legislative,
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Police continue detention of protesters at unauthorised rallies in Russian
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Police continue detaining protesters at unauthorised rallies across Russia in support of jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny.
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Complaints will be filed against this barbarity: Marseille condemns 'unacc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Marseille [France], January 31 (ANI): French club Olympique de Marseille on Saturday condemned the "unacceptable attack" on the club by fans and said that they will file complaints "against this barbarity". The club added that they have all the evidence and will hand them over to the investi
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UN vows to deepen Africa's trade integration, implement free trade agreeme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday expressed its keen intention to deepen Africa's trade integration and effectively implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
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Need conflict-sensitive approaches for rehabilitation of children of forei
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI): India recognizes the need to develop conflict-sensitive approaches to ensure prosecution, repatriation, and rehabilitation of children of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), said Nagaraj Naidu, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of India's Mission
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