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CDRI announces Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund at COP27, gets U
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
IRAF, a multi-donor trust fund, established with the support of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), will be managed by the United Nation Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (UN MPTFO) in New York.
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United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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Situation in Libya continues to be of concern to us: India at UNSC
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
India on Wednesday reiterated that there is no military or armed solution to the issues facing Libya and said that situation in Libya continues to be of concern to New Delhi. Reiterating India's commitment to supporting Libya, Kamboj further added that it is the need of the hour to send a cl
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EU contributes 50 million euros to World Food Programme for Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Having struggled through a year of unprecedented economic hardship and environmental disasters like earthquakes and flooding, the people of Afghanistan are less prepared than ever to weather another harsh winter.
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COP27: United Nations chief calls for zero tolerance against greenwashing
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Greenwashing is when a company misleads the public to believe it is doing more to protect the environment than it is actually doing.
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UN mission warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Since June, the HNP has been responding to the Government's request for UN-backed multi-sector support for Sri Lanka's debt and food and medicine shortages. "Governments and donor agencies have helped the humanitarian community reach over 1 million of the country's most vulnerable people wit
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India to host 'No Money For Terror' Ministerial Conference in Delhi next w
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
India is scheduled to host the 'No Money For Terror' Ministerial Conference in the national capital in the coming week.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to represent India in the Universal Periodi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be heading the Indian delegation to the 41st Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Gates Foundation calls for Bold and Immediate Action at COP27, Announces n
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sharm El-Sheikh [Egypt], November 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders' calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest USD 1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long
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15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Temperatures in Europe have warmed significantly over the 1961-2021 period, at an average rate of about 0.5 °C per decade.
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"Afghans stand on precipice:" UN calls for urgent action against climate c
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"The Afghan people stand on the precipice of devastating climate projections. As COP27 opens today, the UN in Afghanistan calls for urgent collective action to halt the destructive impact of the altering climate in the country that is one of the least prepared against climate shocks but is r
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Climate change "humanity's biggest challenge in modern times": COP27 Presi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This year's UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions and protect the future of
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