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Dr Kafeel Khan writes to UN experts, urges Centre to 'release human rights
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Dr Kafeel Khan has written to United Nations human rights experts in reference to their letter dated June 26, 2020, urging the Indian government to immediately release human rights defenders.
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US sanctions unlikely to hinder arms sales to Iran once UN embargo expires
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Any potential US sanctions are unlikely to prevent countries from selling arms to Iran after the United Nations (UN) embargo on the country expires on October 18, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.
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India committed to ensure water, sanitation to all: India at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): India is committed to ensuring access to water and sanitation in all spheres of life beyond the household, particularly in public spaces, which is an essential element of the human rights to water and sanitation, said Vimarsh Aryan, First Secretary,
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India supports multilateralism, need to adopt speedier UNSC reforms: UN en
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India supports multilateralism in the United Nations Security Council and it is high time that the status quo should be changed and the reforms are introduced at the earliest, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said on Frida
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PM Modi to attend two debates in this year's 'historic' UNGA session: TS T
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Friday (local time) said the highlight of the "historic" UN General Assembly session this year will be the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two debates in the high-lev
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Feel empowered, says women of Nepal's Gorkha district after reconstruction
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], September 18 (ANI): Radha Ramtel, once a mason during the Nepal Housing Reconstruction Project in Gorkha district, now feels empowered as the project funded by the Indian Government and undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helped her to earn and learn
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People in PoK desperate for freedom from Pakistan govt: Activist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 18 (ANI): Highlighting the atrocities comitted by Pakistan in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from PoK, told the United Nations that people in the region are "desperate" for freedom from Pakistan government and want to join the u
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President Trump not to attend UNGA session in-person: White House
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters.
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UN chief calls for more efforts to address global fragilities exposed by C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed.
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UN Secy-General urges global community to assist WHO's fight against COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the global community to support the UN system, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in particular, in its effort against the coronavirus pandemic.
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India beats China, becomes member of UN's ECOSOC body
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): India has been elected as a member of the United Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), said TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Monday (local time).
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Some countries taking advantage of COVID-19 to enhance terrorism, adopt ag
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): In a veiled reference to Pakistan and China, India said on Monday that when some countries were taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic to enhance terrorism or adopt aggressive policies, it has been rushing medical supplies and strengthen national health cap
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