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90 pc of Afghanistan's population projected below poverty line by year-end
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): About 90 per cent of Afghanistan's population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a visiting official said in Kabul.
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Taliban, UN officials meet on humanitarian, development assistance for Afg
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 29 (ANI): Deputy Prime Minister of Taliban-led regime Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi has met with visiting United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on assistance to the war-torn country.
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PM Modi urges Ayush start-ups to put content online in all UN-recognized l
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon start-ups in the health sector especially those in the Ayush sector to put their content online in all languages recognized by the United Nations and not just remain restricted to English.
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UNSC members send unified message to Taliban, call for opening of schools
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 27 (ANI): Members of the United Nations Security Council, in a joint statement on the Taliban's reversal of their promise on girls' education, said that all the girls in Afghanistan should be allowed to go to school.
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India deplores launch of ICBM by DPRK, calls for peace, security and dialo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 26 (ANI): India at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday (Local Time) deplored the recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and called for dialogue on issues in the Korean Peninsula.
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Int'l labour organization elects new chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): Gilbert Houngbo from Togo will be the next Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the organization announced on Friday.
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India abstains in UNGA on resolution by Ukraine on humanitarian crisis, re
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 25 (ANI): India abstained from voting on the draft resolution by Ukraine and its allies on the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country arguing that the draft resolution didn't fully reflect India's expected focus and the need of hour is to focus on cessation of ho
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886 civilians killed, wounded or kidnapped in Mali: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], March 25 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 886 civilians were killed, injured or missing in Mali in the second half of last year, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said in a note published on Thursday.
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UN calls for probe into suicide attacks in central Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], March 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations on Thursday called for investigations into the suicide attacks in the central Somalia town of Beledweyne Wednesday night which have so far left at least 30 people dead.
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UNGA adopts resolution on Ukraine; 140 countries vote in favour while Indi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 24 (ANI): The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on Thursday, with 140 countries voting in favour and five against.
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Foreign Secretary Shringla meets UN chief at United Nations Headquarters,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 24 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQs) in New York and discussed issues on UN Security Council's agenda including Afghanistan and Myanmar.
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US envoy to UN condemns Taliban's decision on banning girls over grade six
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision to prohibit girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the decision jeopardizes Afghanistan's future and its role in the internatio
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