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UN Security Council imposes stronger sanctions on N. Korea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 1 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution that strengthens binding UN sanctions on North Korea (DPRK) in response to its fifth nuclear test conducted on September 9, 2016.
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UN denies reports that special envoy for Syria is resigning
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov. 25 (ANI): The United Nations has rubbished media reports that the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura is resigning from his post.
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Amid soaring LoC tensions, UN calls on India, Pak to find "common gro
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S], Nov. 25 (ANI): Following the recent spree of ceasefire violations and cross-border firings between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control, the United Nations has expressed concern and has called for restoration of stability in the region to prevent any further escalatio
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Indian-American Nikki Haley to be US envoy to UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Nov. 23 (ANI): President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as the US ambassador to the United Nations.
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UN must do more to send right message: Indian envoy on sanctions against t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov. 18 (ANI): India's permanent representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin has said the top body needs to ensure strict implementation of sanctions against terrorists and re-establish its authority.
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75,000 children at risk of starving to death in Nigeria within months: UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Nov. 16 (ANI): The United Nations said on Tuesday that 75,000 children are at the risk of dying in "a few months" due to starvation in Nigeria following the Boko Haram insurgency in country's ravaged north-east parts.
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Hekmatyar refuses to apologize over war crime allegations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): Hezb-e-Islami terrorist group leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has refused to apologize over war crime allegations as efforts are underway to remove his name from the United Nations sanctions committee following the conclusion of a peace deal with the Afghan Gov
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Afghan Govt. to ask UN to lift sanctions against 'butcher of Kabul�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): The Afghan Government will send a letter to the United Nations to officially ask the top body to lift sanctions against Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as part of one of the promises made by President Ashraf Ghani while signing a draft peace agree
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Pakistan ratifies Paris climate change pact
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 11 (ANI): Pakistan has ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at a ceremony held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Sharapova to be reinstated as UN goodwill ambassador in April
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.11 (ANI): Embattled Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will once again resume her role as a United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador when her doping suspension ends in April, the body has confirmed.
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India pitches for cultivation of medicinal plants to mitigate climate chan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Marrakech (Morocco), Nov. 10 (ANI): The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has pitched for conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants for climate change adaptation in India at the Conference of Parties (COP22) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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UN Chief urges India, Pak to resolve issues through dialogue
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov. 8 (ANI): Expressing his concerns over heightened Pakistan-India tensions at the Line of Control (LoC), United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the two nuclear-armed neighbours to resolve all their outstanding issues through dialogue.
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