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WHO steps up response in Aleppo, demands protection for health personnel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 (ANI): With conditions in Aleppo continuing to deteriorate as thousands of people are fleeing from the violence-hit area, the World Health Organization (WHO) alongside United Nations and other partners is working to provide care in the midst of conflict and to a
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Past time for you to act to end Aleppo carnage: UN Chief tells emergency S
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 14 (ANI): Aleppo should represent the end of the quest for military victory, not the start of a broader military campaign in a country already ravaged beyond all recognition by five years of war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an emergency me
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Aleppo: 82 civilians executed by pro regime forces
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 13 (ANI): The United Nations has said that forces loyal to the Syrian regime have been entering homes in the last pockets of Aleppo held by rebels and shooting people on the spot,
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UN pays tribute to Ban Ki-moon's 'never-tiring service to humani
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 13 (ANI): The General Assembly paid a tribute to outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his "never-tiring service to humanity" over the past decade, while also swearing in his successor Antonio Guterres, who will assume his duties o
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UN Secretary General Guterres pledges to work for peace, development, refo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 13 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to reposition development at the centre of the Organization's work and ensure that the UN can change to effectively meet the myriad challenges facing the international community.
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No change of stance on NSG, Azhar: China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec. 12 (ANI): China said on Monday that its position on India's entry to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as well as designating Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations remains unchanged.
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India, Indonesia agree to sign MoU to strengthen maritime cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): As one of the important pillars towards enhancing the bilateral relationship, India and Indonesia on Monday agreed to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Cooperation between them in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Conventi
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Afghanistan formally requests UN to remove sanctions against Hezb-e-Islami
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 12 (ANI): The Afghan government has formally sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to remove the leaders of Hezb-e-Islami from its sanctions list.
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Antonio Guterres to be sworn in as next UN Secretary-General today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 12 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Guterres is set to be sworn in as the next United Nations Secretary-General today.
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Pak Army has licence to kill us, rape us, still UN is silent: Baloch activ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.11 (ANI): Accusing the Pakistan Army of having the licence to "kill, rape and torture Baloch people and to take out their organs to sell them", Baloch Kurd liberation activist and World Baloch Women's Forum president Naela Quadri Baloch has demanded that
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Japan, UNOPS Pakistan launch pilot project for development of women-specif
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) pilot has signed an agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan for the development of women-specific transport service in selected districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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Hekmatyar to move to Nangarhar till UN sanctions are lifted
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 7 (ANI): The governor of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Gulab Mangal has announced that the Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will move into the region in the near future until his name is not removed from the United Nation's black list.
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