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Indian fishing community protests against WTO's proposal to curb subsidies
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Members of the fishing community from several coastal areas of India on Sunday protested against the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal to curb fishery subsidies as it was not responsive to the demands of the developing nations.
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World Day Against Child Labour: Harbhajan Singh calls for combined efforts
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World Day Against Child Labour was adopted on June 12 in 2002 by the United Nations body, International Labour Organisation.
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UN condemns attack on hospital in Cameroon
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New York [US], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has strongly condemned an attack on a hospital in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest.
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UN voices concern over security in DRC
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New York [US], June 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations on Saturday voiced concern over the deteriorating security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), given the increase of attacks against civilians by rebels as well as the presence of foreign armed groups.
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'Taliban wants to remain in power but disagrees on how to govern'
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Kabul [Afghanistan], June 12 (ANI): Slamming the Taliban's political, economic and social policies for Afghanistan during a discussion with the Council on Foreign Relations, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) political affairs chief Scott Smith has highly criticised the
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UN voices concern about clashes in Libya's Tripoli
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Tripoli [Libya], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday expressed concern about clashes that erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday night between armed groups.
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17 countries elected into UN Economic and Social Council for 3-year term
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New York [US], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Seventeen states were elected Friday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term.
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'Nearly half Sri Lankan kids need aid': UNICEF appeals for USD 25 million
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 11 (ANI): The debilitating crisis in Sri Lanka has left nearly half of the children in the country in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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UNGA adopts resolution on multilingualism, mentions Hindi language for fir
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New York [US], June 11 (ANI): In a significant initiative, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time.
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Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief's Envoy on Techn
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New York [US], June 11 (ANI): Amandeep Singh Gill of India has been appointed as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' Envoy on Technology.
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IOM seeks 66 million USD to scale up humanitarian aid in Somalia
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Friday appealed for 66 million U.S. dollars to reach more than 1.25 million people in Somalia with humanitarian assistance by February 2023.
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New UN report: World's most vulnerable are paying more for less food
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Rome [Italy], June 10 (ANI): The global food import bill is on course to hit a new record of USD 1.8 trillion this year, but higher prices and transport costs rather than volumes account for the bulk of the expected increase, according to a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Org
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