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UN may close year with greater arrears than in 2019 amid cash crisis: Spok
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations continues to experience a severe shortage of funds and may be left with greater outstanding state contributions by the end of 2020 as compared to last year, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
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Indian soldiers continue to make us proud through UN Peacekeeping, says TS
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday said that the Indian soldiers have made an "extraordinary contribution" since World War 1 and are still making the country proud by participating in
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UN Chief concerned by attacks on journalists, urges action to tackle impun
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New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his concern over attacks on journalists in conflict zones worldwide and called for coordinated efforts to address the impunity for such crimes, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a pr
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Ask Pakistan to withdraw troops, non-state actors from PoK, rights activis
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Glasglow [Scotland], November 9 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has suffered "unspeakable atrocities" at hands of the Pakistani state, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Monday urged US President-elect Joe Biden to "forcefully ask" Islamabad to withdraw its tr
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Georgian opposition announces plans for another protest on Monday
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Another protest against the results of the recent general election in Georgia will be held on Monday in the capital city of Tbilisi, opposition leader Nika Melia, who is a member of the former ruling United National Movement (UNM) party, told jour
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
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Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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India garners big victory as its candidate secures position to key UN comm
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New York [US], November 7 (ANI): In a tightly contested election at the United Nations in New York, Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra was elected to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) on Friday.
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Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra elected to UN's ACABQ
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New York [US], November 7 (ANI): India's candidate Vidisha Maitra has been elected to the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), with the strong support of UN member states, informed TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to UN on Friday.
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Nearly 300 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UNHCR
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Tripoli [Libya], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said that nearly 300 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
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UN, member states regret US withdrawal from Paris agreement on climate cha
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New York [US], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with UN member states Chile, France, Italy and the UK, have expressed regret over Washington's decision to exit the Paris accord on climate change but said they would continue t
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India's annual resolution on counter-terrorism adopted at UNGA
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New York [US], November 5 (ANI): Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday announced that India's annual resolution on the issue of counter-terrorism was co-sponsored by over 75 countries and adopted by consensus in the First Committee of the UN General Assembl
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Eminent global lawyers reiterate protection in International law against f
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Brussels [Belgium]/New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): At a time when votes from the US elections are still being counted, a group of 160 eminent global public lawyers have got together to reinforce the primacy of international law in safeguarding sovereign electoral processes f
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