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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrives at Vienna Airport ahead of World Confer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vienna [Austrian], September 6 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrived at Vienna International Airport on Monday ahead of the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP) organised by the Austrian Parliament, Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations.
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UN reaffirms to deliver humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] September 6 (ANI): United Nations Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths on Sunday reaffirmed the United Nations' commitment to delivering humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
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UN should prevent Taliban's onslaught in Panjshir, negotiate political sol
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Highlighting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Panjshir valley, former Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh has called on United Nations to do its utmost to prevent the Taliban's onslaught into the resistance stronghold.
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UNHCR terms Afghanistan situation as 'humanitarian emergency of internal d
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Sunday termed the Afghanistan situation a "humanitarian emergency of internal displacement" as more than half a million Afghan civilians have been displaced from the war-ravaged country.
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UN Chief to hold humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on September 13
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): In response to the growing humanitarian needs in the war-ravaged country, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene a high-level humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on September 13.
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MoS Lekhi to participate in Security Council meeting in New York; meets di
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 5 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi will represent India at the UN Security Council ministerial open debate on transitions under the agenda item "United Nations peacekeeping operations" on September 8.
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India played 'constructive role' in adoption of UNSC resolution on Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday (local time) termed the recently-adopted United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) resolution on Afghanistan "most important" as it involved "pressing" issues.
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Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warns UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 3 (ANI): The aid crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is worsening with stocks of relief aid, cash and fuel "running very low or depleted", the United Nations said.
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Torture cannot be justified in any situation, UN experts tell Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 3 (ANI): Noting that Afghanistan has entered into "a very challenging new chapter of power transition", the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) urged Taliban-led authorities of Afghanistan to uphold "the international obligations of the State".
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India against use of chemical weapons under any circumstances: India at UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI): India's Deputy Permanent Representative-Political Coordinator to the United Nations, R Ravindra has said that the country is against the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, anytime under any circumstances, and any investigation into the use of chemi
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Hardeep Puri highlights India's 'housing for all' initiative at UN body
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], September 2 (ANI): Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted India's "Housing for All" initiative at the second regular session of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Executive Board.
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UN humanitarian funds allocate $10M for fuel crisis response in Lebanon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], September 2 (ANI): The United Nations said its humanitarian funds have allocated USD 10 million to respond to the fuel crisis in Lebanon and help avert the deterioration of the country's humanitarian situation.
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