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UNGA President-elect appoints Indian diplomat Nagaraj Naidu as Chef du Cab
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], June 10 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister and President-elect of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has appointed India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu, as his Chef du Cabinet.
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UN condemns 'horrendous attack' on deminers in Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): The United Nations has called for an investigation into the attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines.
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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UN urges G7 to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access across low-income countries
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (OHCR) said on We
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Shringla meets US Envoy; discusses India-US relations, cooperation in comb
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and United States Acting Ambassador Daniel B Smith held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed India-US relations, regional issues and cooperation in the United Nations.
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UN chief calls killing of Muslim family in Canada 'heinous attack'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he is "appalled" at the murder of a Muslim family in a targeted car crash attack in the Canadian province of Ontario and calls upon the world to stand united against such hatred.
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India welcomes adoption of UNSC resolution recommending Antonio Guterres 2
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): India on Tuesday welcomed adoption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution recommending a second term to Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General.
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UNICEF expresses concern over deaths of Pakistani children in explosions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): After a series of blasts in Pakistan that killed and injured children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed serious concern over the fatalities and said no child should fall victim to the explosive remnants of war.
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Act Now organizes world's longest environment online event, Peace Is Green
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On the occasion of World Environment Day and launch of "Decade of Restoration" by United Nations Environment Programme, Act Now, an Indian NGO, working for environmental awareness and climate action, organized a unique 24-ho
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Tirumurti thanks member states after India gets into UN Economic and Socia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to United Nations TS Tirumurti thanked all UN Member States after India got elected into the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Monday (local time).
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India backed Maldives over Afghanistan for UNGA presidency due to prior co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): India's prior commitment to Maldives was the reason it supported the island country over Afghanistan for the presidency of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, said sources.
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Maldives FM Abdulla Shahid wins presidency of 76th UN General Assembly
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], June 7 (ANI): The Maldives on Monday won the election to the post of the President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), during the elections held at the UN headquarters in New York.
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