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New Zealand to support rural Afghans with agricultural inputs, cash aid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): New Zealand is funding with USD 2 million a new project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide agricultural inputs and cash aid to 94,500 people from farming communities in the provinces of Kunduz, Nangarhar, Parwan
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Rajya Sabha MP Joginpally Santosh Kumar receives Vriksha Mitra award
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 3 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Joginpally Santosh Kumar was honoured with the "Vriksha Mitra" award by Kalpataru Samsthan on Saturday. United Nations Environment wing Executive Director, Eric Solem, inaugurated the event by planting saplings.
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Iraq welcomes UN-backed 2-month truce in Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday welcomed the United Nations' announcement of a two-month ceasefire in Yemen, stressing that a political solution is the only way to end the war in the country, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Saudi Arabia welcomes UN-backed 2-month truce in Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday a two-month truce in Yemen announced by the United Nations, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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India contributes USD 500,000 to UN Women's core budget
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI): India has contributed USD 500,000 to the UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality and women empowerment for their core budget.
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Yemen's Houthis welcome two-month truce proposed by UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sanna [Yemen], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, welcomes the two-month truce proposed by the United Nations to the sides to the Yemeni conflict, the movement's chief negotiator at talks with the government, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said on Fri
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AU, UN appeal for South Sudanese leaders to embrace dialogue to ease tensi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], April 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Union and United Nations missions in South Sudan as well as peace monitors on Friday appealed for calm and called on South Sudanese leaders to embrace dialogue to ease tensions in the country.
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4.1 million Ukrainians fled country since Russian invasion: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The UN agency for refugees on Thursday said that around 4.1 million have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Russia becomes first major power to accept credentials of Taliban diplomat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 1 (ANI): Russia became the world's first major power that accepted the credentials of a diplomat of the Taliban. Russia along with US, UK, France and China are the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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China seeking to impose its narrative on UN, NGOs to rewrite Taiwan refere
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 1 (ANI): Beijing is seeking to impose its narrative on United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations that Taiwan is part of Communist-ruled China, according to US think tank.
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India donates 10,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan under new agreement wi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): India has signed the second agreement with the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) under which it will donate another 10,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan.
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Tirumurti briefs Climate Advisory Group about Infrastructure for Resilient
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 31 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti attended the Climate Advisory Group meeting and briefed about the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and also about the Infrastructure for the Resilient Island States (IRIS
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