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Volker Turk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 9 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed on Thursday Volker Turk of Austria as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following approval by the General Assembly.
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UNSC members condemn terrorist attack outside Russian Embassy in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul on September 5.
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India, EU determine to decarbonize world: EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, who is in New Delhi to reinforce cooperation between India and the European Union in the field of green energy, said that each of the regions has a clear ambition when it comes to decarbonising our world.
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UN to pay tribute to victims of terrorism including those killed in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The first UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism will be held from Sept 8-9 to pay tribute to victims of terrorism around the world, including the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
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UNSC: India's peacekeeping credentials need no elaboration, says ambassado
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 6 (ANI): India's peacekeeping credentials need no elaboration, said India's Permanent Representative at United Nations Ruchira Kamboj on Tuesday as she underlined New Delhi's contribution to UN Peacekeeping missions since its inception.
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China's angry defense of its "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 6 (ANI): The Chinese government reacted furiously to the release of a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 31 August, calling it "wholly illegal and invalid".
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Human Rights Watch asks UN not to renew travel ban waiver on Taliban offic
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political isolation of Afghanistan due to their atrocities on women and young girls in the country, the Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exe
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India provided nearly USD 4 billion in food, financial assistance to Sri L
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): India on Sunday highlighted its constructive and significant role in human-centric globalization at the United Nations General Assembly and said that it had provided nearly USD 4 billion in food and financial assistance to Sri Lanka.
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UNSC Counter-Terrorism Committee to hold special meeting in India focused
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 4 (ANI): United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Counter-Terrorism Committee will hold a special meeting in India focused on new and emerging technologies.
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Mosque attack in Afghanistan's Herat sparks strong reaction
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): The suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Herat, which caused the death of twenty persons, has sparked strong reactions from across the globe.
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US welcomes appointment of new UN special envoy for Libya: Blinken
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States welcomes the appointment of Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sa
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UN chief appoints former Kyrgyzstan President as new Afghan envoy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva as his new envoy to Afghanistan.
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