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Iranian UN mission announces termination of travel, arm restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian mission to the United Nations announced on Saturday the termination of travel and arms restrictions imposed upon the country as contained in Security Council Resolution 2231 starting Sunday.
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UN chief welcomes further release of detainees in Yemen
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US] Oct. 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday welcomed the further release of detainees in Yemen, noting that prisoner exchange is proof that breakthroughs can be achieved through dialogue and compromise.
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UN Human Rights office closely monitoring Thailand protests
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Thailand has been "closely" monitoring the protests in the country and stresses that people must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday (local
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Vishal V Sharma appointed India's next permanent representative to UNESCO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Vishal V Sharma has been appointed as the next permanent representative of India to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Dia Mirza, Sonu Sood to co-host NITI Aayog, Discovery India's 'Bharat Ke M
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): Recognising India's unsung selfless heroes who have gone out of their way to help those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations in India and NITI Aayog, in partnership with Discovery Channel, are launching #BharatKeMahaveer.
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Important that Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine cleared by WHO: UN
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Any vaccine for the coronavirus disease, including Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine, must be cleared by the World Health Organization, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
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Schools in Pakistan teach hatred against Hindus, Jews, Baloch activist tol
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that schools in Pakistan teach about hatred against Hindus and Jews to the students.
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India contributes USD 1 million to UN Relief, Works Agency for Palestine r
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], October 14 (ANI): India on Wednesday contributed USD 1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East.
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Election of countries like China, Pakistan will damage credibility of UNHR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], October 14 (ANI): Slamming countries including Pakistan and China, Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has said "world's worst human rights abusers" have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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UN warns of 'staggering rise' in natural disasters, urge leaders to take a
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday warned that there has been a 'staggering rise' in natural disasters over the past 20 years due to climate change, and called on political and business leaders to take action to stop the planet from becoming an 'uninhabitable hell
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