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UN supports better welfare for farm animals worldwide
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.18 (ANI-Newsvoir): For the first time ever in the history of the United Nations (UN), farm animals worldwide will be better protected following the adoption of groundbreaking global policy recommendations on animal welfare in farming at the UN Committee on World Food S
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Close coordination between India, China on banning Masood Azhar: Swarup
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct. 15 (ANI): Fielding questions on China's response to India's effort to get terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar proscribed by the United Nation, during the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping, Ministry
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India, Russia for UNSC reforms, condemn global terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Oct. 15 (ANI): India and Russia have called for comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to make it more effective and representative.
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India objects to Pak's glacial flood project
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 15 (ANI): After India objected to Pakistan's USD 35 million proposals to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the board has postponed its decision of granting the aid.
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Israel suspends ties with UNESCO in spat over holy site
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Oct. 15 (ANI): The Israeli Government has suspended ties with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after the UN body passed a draft decision, which Israel says ignores Judaism's ties to the religion's holiest site.
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Antonio Guterres appointed next UN chief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Oct. 13 (ANI): The General Assembly today elected the former prime minister of Portugal, Antonio Guterres, as the next United Nations Secretary-General, to succeed Ban Ki-moon when he steps down on 31 December.
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Nuclear proliferation linkages have clear Pak finger-prints: India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct. 12 (ANI): India has rubbished Pakistan's Permanent Representative in the United Nations in Geneva, Tehmina Janjua's, accusations and said it is ironic that a country whose non-proliferation track record is marked by obstructionism seeks to convince the in
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Pak envoy raises Kashmir issue yet again in UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 10 (ANI): Yet again raising the Kashmir issue in the United Nations, Pakistani envoy Maleeha Lodhi has called for the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy to focus attention on addressing unresolved disputes, foreign occupation and denial of the right of self-determinatio
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Russia abused its veto power, says British envoy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct.9 (ANI): British ambassador to the United Nations, Matthew Rycroft, has accused Russia of abusing its veto power after Moscow vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that demanded a halt in airstrikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo and called for access for humanitarian aid
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At least 140 people killed in airstrikes in Yemen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Oct. 9 (ANI): More than 140 people have been killed and more than 525 injured after airstrikes hit a funeral ceremony in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, according to a senior United Nations official.
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India needs to persuade China bilaterally to ban Masood Azhar, says Aiyar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 9 (ANI): China's move to again block India's objective of proscribing Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations, has led former diplomat and now Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar to say that New Delhi needs to work bilaterally with Beijing t
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France to put draft resolution on Aleppo at UNSC voting today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 8 (ANI): France will put a draft resolution on ceasefire in Aleppo on voting at the United Nations Security Council today.
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