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Tibetans in Switzerland, Liechtenstein call for UN action to end China's c
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 27 (ANI): Amid international condemnation of various human rights abuses by China, the Tibetan community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein have submitted a five-point appeal to the United Nations (UN) which includes calls to end China's cultural genocide in Tibet
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EAM Jaishankar meets Greece PM Mitsotakis, greets him on country's 200th i
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Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and congratulated the country on its two hundredth anniversary of independence.
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UN human rights experts call for Pakistan to halt mass evictions in Karach
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along the two narrow watercourses in Karachi -- the Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah.
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India, France co-host event on countering terror financing in post-Covid a
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New York [US], June 25 (ANI): India along with France on Friday co-hosted a virtual event focussing on countering financing of terrorism in the post -COVID landscape at the second United Nations Counter-terrorism week.
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Pakistan remains on FATF 'grey list' as it fails to prosecute leaders of p
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Paris [France], June 25 (ANI): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that Pakistan will continue to remain on the global watchdog's "increased monitoring list", also known as the grey list, as it has failed to investigate and prosecute the senior leaders of United Nation
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UN says 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): Around 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders as 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, according to the 2021 World Drug Report which was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday.
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Indian Ambassador to UN co-hosts special event on country's efforts to ach
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New York [US], June 25 (ANI): Ambassador of India to United Nations T S Tirumurti has expressed happiness over co-hosting a special event at the United Nations HLDE 2021 on India's efforts to achieve the 2030 agenda.
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Odisha govt joins hands with UN WFP to empower, support women through SHGs
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New Delhi/Bhubaneshwar [India], June 24 (ANI): The government of Odisha and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have joined hands to improve household food and nutritional security by strengthening livelihood initiatives, reaching thousands of state-supported Women's Self-Help G
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The UN's recent step to kickstart Global Taxation of the Digital Economy
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Economic Laws Practice and The Dialogue today released a white paper titled Taxation of Digitalized Economy: Analysing the United Nations Article 12B Solution which analyzes Article 12B (approved by UN to be added in the UN Model Tax Conve
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50 of Afghan's 370 districts fallen under Taliban control since May: UN en
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Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (ANI): Fifty out of Afghanistan's 370 districts have fallen to Taliban terrorists since May, informed the United Nations' special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Tuesday, as the United States continues its military withdrawal from the country.
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Terrorist safe havens must be dismantled immediately for enduring peace in
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New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Calling for a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire to ensure reduction in violence in Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries must be dismantled immediately for enduring peace i
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COVID: Japan, UNDP provide oxygen generation plants to India, installed in
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New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, eight oxygen generation plants were installed in the Northeast states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura with the help of the Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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