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Afghanistan's territory should not be used for sheltering, training terror
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While addressing the United Nations Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, India's permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj said that India "expect that the territory of Afghanistan should not be used for sheltering, training, planning or financing terrorist acts, specifically te
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India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir issue at UNSC
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While addressing the United Nation Security Council, on Tuesday, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said, "Let me dismiss the frivolous, baseless and politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of Pakistan regarding the Union territory of Jammu and
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Gender equality "300 years away": UN Chief
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While addressing the UN session of the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday, Guterres said, "It takes on even greater significance at a time when women's rights are being abused, threatened, and violated around the world. Progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes."
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India in partnership with UN to send 20,000 MTs wheat for Afghan people th
Updated : 3 years ago IST
India on Tuesday, while hosting the first India-Central Asia Joint Working Group on Afghanistan, upon the requests by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Central Asian Republics, offered customized capacity-building courses for their relevant stakeholders/officials.
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UN agrees high seas treaty to protect ocean life
Updated : 3 years ago IST
After the UN passed this agreement, the UN chief Antonio Guterres in a statement issued by his Spokesperson late Saturday evening stated, "This action is a victory for multilateralism and for global efforts to counter the destructive trends facing ocean health, now and for generations to com
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UN should demand end to South Korea-US military drills: North Korea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
North Korea called on the United Nation and the international community to urge the US and south South Korea to "immediately" halt their provocative remarks and joint military exercises which can put the Korean peninsula on an "extremely dangerous level," Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong
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Death toll in Turkey earthquake rises above 45,000: UN Office for Humanita
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the latest statement of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), 45,089 people lost their lives. 115,000 people were injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
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China is destroying Tibetan identity, language and culture: UN report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A report by human rights experts of the United Nations on the eve of International Language Day on February 21 unmasked the real nature of oppression on Tibetans practised by the Communist Party of China (CCP) in the form of forced assimilation of Tibetan identity into the dominant Han Chine
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Red Lantern Analytica holds webinar on Pakistan's food crisis
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Dr Marium Kamal began the session by making a distinction between 'Food Crisis and Food Security.' She said that everything is available on the ground. However, the prices of products are high.
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Pro-Tibet rights groups to hold march in Taipei to show solidarity with Ti
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The annual march also seeks to showcase the plight of Hong Kongers and people in Xinjiang.
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UNGA President Korosi says integrated water management has guided India's
Updated : 3 years ago IST
United Nations General Assembly President of the 77th session Csaba Korosi, has praised the efforts made by India to save, preserve and purify water. Praising the "Namami Gange" project which is for the abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the Ganges, he said that it is one of many ins
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Delhi government to organise cyclothon on occasion of International Women'
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The event will be conducted in partnership with the United Nations in India, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), as per a press release from Directorate of Education, Delhi Government
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