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Pashtuns protest at UN headquarters against rights violations in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe branch on Tuesday (local time) organised a protest at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva against gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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India reiterates support to South Sudan in ensuring peace, progress
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], March 3 (ANI): India at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reiterated that it will continue with the Government of South Sudan in its quest for peace, progress and prosperity in the region.
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UNGA adopts resolution to mark 2023 as 'International Year of Millets'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], March 3 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution tabled by India along with Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia and Senegal to mark 2023 as the 'International Year of Millets'.
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Amid reports of being fired, Myanmar UN ambassador claims legitimacy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], March 3 (ANI): Amid reports of being fired, Myanmar's Ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun on Wednesday sent letters to the world body insisting that he remains the legitimate representative of his country, reported NHK World.
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'No locus standi': India at Human Rights Council rejects OIC, Pakistan's s
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday rejected the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) statements on the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as it has no locus standi to comment on matters related to the region, while regretting that the OIC continues to allow it
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MEA Secy Rahul Chhabra speaks on prevention of violent extremism, climate
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (Economic Relations) Rahul Chhabra on Monday spoke to the delegates of St Stephen's Model United Nations (SMUN) to discuss various issues including the prevention of violent extremism, electoral reforms and mitiga
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Myanmar junta removes its UN Ambassador after he delivers anti-coup speech
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military has fired the country's United Nations Ambassador after he appealed to the UN General Assembly for international help to overturn the coup.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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New climate pledges 'far short' of meeting Paris Agreement goals: UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 27 (ANI): The planet is on "red alert" because governments are failing to meet their climate change goals, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.
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Andhra CM asks town planners to find solutions for emerging challenges wit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 27 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Friday called upon the town planners to come up with solutions to the emerging challenges with a futuristic outlook on the goals set by the United Nations for sustainable develo
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UN calls for immediate release of 317 girls abducted from school in Nigeri
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
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Restoring peace must be priority of stakeholders in Myanmar: India at UNGA
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 27 (ANI): India on Friday said that restoring democratic order should be the priority of all stakeholders in Myanmar and called on the international community to lend its "constructive support" to the people of Southeast Asian nation at the critical juncture.
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