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UNGA president calls on Russia, Ukraine to settle disputes through dialogu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Abdulla Shahid, president of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and peaceful means to settle disputes.
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UN condemns killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 25 (ANI): The UN has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since immunization campaigns resumed in November last year.
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UNSC vote on resolution on Russia scheduled for Friday
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 25 (ANI): Amid Russia's ongoing military operation in Ukraine, a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote on a resolution has been listed on a UN schedule for Friday.
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Angelina Jolie expresses concern over safety of people in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], February 25 (ANI): Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who has spent almost two decades working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is extremely worried about people's safety in Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Nepal urges all sides to exercise restraint
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 24 (ANI): Noting that Nepal opposes any use of force against a sovereign country in any circumstance, the Himalayan nation on Thursday called on all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint not to escalate tension.
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India's stand neutral, hope for peaceful solution: MoS MEA on Ukraine-Russ
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New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Thursday said that India's stand is neutral and the country hopes for a peaceful solution to the conflict.
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'Stop the war': Ukrainian envoy appeals to UN members
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations has appealed to its members to "stop the war" at an emergency meeting of the Security Council late on Wednesday (local time).
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Ukraine requests urgent UNSC meet after heads of DPR, LPR ask Putin for he
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], February 24 (ANI): Ukraine has requested an urgent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Meet after Heads of the Ukraine breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk, have asked the Russian President Vladimir Putin for help.
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Ukraine crisis may create worst global refugee crisis: US Ambassador to UN
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Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): The United States ambassador at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Linda Thomas-Greenfield, on Wednesday, said that the Ukrainian crisis may lead to the worst refugee crisis in the world today, with some 5 million people possibly displaced.
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Calling changemakers to identify solutions on malnutrition and hunger in I
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Cargill, the Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India are proud to announce the Nutrition Innovation Mini Challenge as part of the 'PoshanPehal aur Pragati' project, for improving
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Encouraging more STEM Education for Girls, Olay Funds Scholarships with In
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Why are young girls presented with kitchen sets on their birthdays while boys are given toy robots or construction sets? Are our unconscious gender biases holding girls back? According to United Nations, in India women make up only 14
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UN chief calls for peaceful solution to Ukraine's crisis
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New York [US], February 23 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that the world body will never give up on finding a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis.
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