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UN chief welcomes further release of detainees in Yemen
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US] Oct. 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the further release of detainees in Yemen, noting that prisoner exchange is proof that breakthroughs can be achieved through dialogue and compromise.
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UN Human Rights office closely monitoring Thailand protests
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Thailand has been "closely" monitoring the protests in the country and stresses that people must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday (local
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Sana Hazari, founder of The Social Corporate, wins Young Achievers Award 2
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): With the world experiencing multiple crises - a global pandemic, social injustice, overconsumption of resources and climate change - corporations need to rethink value creation. Entering into the "decade of action" as hailed by the UN,
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Twitter 'investigating' after massive outage reports
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Twitter is experiencing a massive outrage as "tens and thousands of users" complained of being unable to use the platform.
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India slams Pakistan over `rant' at Commonwealth meet, says it is hosts la
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for misusing the 20th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) to pursue its "own bigoted and ill-conceived agenda."
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Important that Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine cleared by WHO: UN
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Any vaccine for the coronavirus disease, including Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine, must be cleared by the World Health Organization, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
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Schools in Pakistan teach hatred against Hindus, Jews, Baloch activist tol
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that schools in Pakistan teach about hatred against Hindus and Jews to the students.
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India contributes USD 1 million to UN Relief, Works Agency for Palestine r
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], October 14 (ANI): India on Wednesday contributed USD 1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East.
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Kovind welcomes Switzerland, Malta, Botswana envoys; thanks their governme
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from the ambassador of Switzerland, besides the high commissioners of Malta and Botswana on Wednesday.
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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UN warns of 'staggering rise' in natural disasters, urge leaders to take a
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday warned that there has been a 'staggering rise' in natural disasters over the past 20 years due to climate change, and called on political and business leaders to take action to stop the planet from becoming an 'uninhabitable hell
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