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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Pakistan floods reminder that climate change will bring more disasters in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the United Nations' 2022 Year in Review report on Climate and Environment, in 2022, while some regions suffered from a lack of water, others were hit by severe floods.
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Nicosia thanks New Delhi for supporting UN's mandate on Cyprus issue
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Cyprus on Thursday thanked India for supporting the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), wherein Security Council expressed concern over unauthorized activities in the buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish communities in the northern and southern regions o
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Time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan suffer due to ban on women staff:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs and barring them from attending schools and universities.
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"Work in the UN will go on...we will continue to lend our voice," Kamboj o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Work in the UN will go on even as we exit the Security Council as we have several important bodies which deal with critical issues where we will continue to lend our voice, Ruchira Kamboj said on Wednesday on how India will shape its roadmap in the year ahead at the United Nations.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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"Consistently called for cessation of hostilities": Kamboj on India playin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India's Permanent Ambassador to United Nations Ruchira Kamboj on Wednesday underscored New Delhi's position on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and said that India has consistently called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and an end to the violence.
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India was voice of entire Global South, reinforced commitment to multilate
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Highlighting India's two-year tenure at the United Nations Security, which is coming to an end on December 31, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj on Wednesday said New Delhi was the voice of the entire Global South, and reinforced commitment to multilateralism and
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India raised profile of UNSC counter-terrorism committee: Kamboj
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India raised the profile of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) as the chair of this committee, said Permanent Ambassador to United Nations Ruchira Kamboj on Wednesday, as she summed up New Delhi's tenure at the UN high table.
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Ukraine wants to end war, says Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
During an interview with Associated Press, Kuleba said that Ukraine is seeking cooperation from the United Nations to hold the "peace summit" in February, which marks one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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"Deeply alarmed": UNSC on Taliban's suspension of access to universities f
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday said that it is "deeply alarmed" by the reports that the Taliban have prohibited women and girls from attending universities, and it reiterated its serious concerns regarding the Taliban's decision to close all schools up to and includ
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India's First Fashion Activist and Leading Climate Advocate Aishwarya Shar
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, widely referred to as COP, held its 27th session at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to fight against climate change.
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