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UN chief Guterres condemns Iranian drone strikes on Israel, flags danger o
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Coming out with a strong condemnation of the Iranian drone strikes on Israel in reprisal for the earlier attack on its embassy in Syria, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on Sunday.
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Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh ends tenure as Permanent Representative of UAE t
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh ends her tenure as Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN with her final meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in that capacity and will be succeeded by Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, who has been appointed by President His Highness Sh
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UN Chief appoints Muhannad Hadi as new Deputy Special Coordinator for Midd
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Muhannad Hadi of Jordan as his new Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO).
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UN experts lambast Pakistan for failing to stop forced conversions, marria
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the same UN press release the experts expressed concern that forced marriages and religious conversions of girls from religious minorities which have been coerced are validated by the courts, often invoking religious law to justify keeping victims with their abductors rather tha
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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence," the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Thursday.
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Water lines repaired in Gaza as UN fails to distribute aid
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The water line will now supply over 400,000 people in central Gaza with an additional 42 litres of high-quality water per person each day.
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India's nominee Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to International Narcotics Contr
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Lauding the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and the team at Ministry of External Affairs, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said "good work."
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India, Kazakhstan assess security challenges, exchange views on cross-bord
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
India and Kazakhstan, during a joint working group meeting, assessed counter-terrorism challenges, and also exchanged views on cross-border terrorism in South Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release.
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Amid Taliban's opposition, UN says process underway to 'appoint' special r
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid Taliban's opposition to the move, the United Nations Secretary-General's spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, has said that the process of appointing a special representative for Afghanistan is underway, according to Khaama Press.
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Afghanistan: Over 24,000 Herat families still homeless 6 months after eart
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Herat province was rocked by two major earthquakes of magnitude 6.3 each which jolted the region within a frame of 30 minutes in October 2023.
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UN stresses need for meaningful participation of Afghan women in all aspec
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The United Nations emphasised the need to empower and give meaningful and active participation to Afghan women in all aspects of public life, as reported by Khaama Press.
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75th international conference on Universal Declaration of Human Rights ina
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The 75th International Conference of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
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