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UNGA President Abdulla Shahid tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], December 23 (ANI): President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Thursday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms.
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UNAMA welcomes UNSC decision facilitating delivery of urgent humanitarian
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Kabul [Afghanistan], December 23 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday welcomed the UNSC decision facilitating the delivery of urgent humanitarian help to millions in need in Afghanistan.
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UN welcomes US willingness to find ways to ensure liquidity into Afghan ec
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The United Nations has welcomed the United States' willingness to find ways to ensure liquidity into Afghanistan's economy.
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Biden administration urged to unfreeze Afghan central bank reserves
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Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to unfreeze Afghanistan's central bank reserves in the amount of $9.4 billion.
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Decade-old conflict, foreign interference affected sovereignty, integrity
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New York [US], December 21 (ANI): Underlining that the humanitarian crisis in Syria has not seen significant improvement in the recent months, India has called for a nationwide comprehensive ceasefire, saying doing so will help to expand crossline humanitarian aid operations in the country.
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US working with UN bodies to allocate humanitarian aid to Afghanistan: Sta
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Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The United States said it is working with UN bodies to find ways to allocate humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and infuse its economy with liquidity to alleviate the crisis in the country.
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UN Chief says confident Lebanese election to take place in March 2022
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday following a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati that he was confident the general election in Lebanon will take place at the end of March.
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UN official condemns attack on humanitarian worker in South Sudan
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New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations top relief envoy in South Sudan Monday condemned the targeted attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, and the murder of an UN-contracted aid worker and injury of another.
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Indian climate action entrepreneur wins United Nations Women's Award for L
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony on November 18th, 2021.
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United Nations Environment Programme's CounterMEASURE Project launches its
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Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], December 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): To highlight the impact of plastic pollution and the urgent need to make better choices, a video story capturing people's voices from the banks of the Ganga river was released on Monday, featuring local community champi
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UN chief says showing solidarity with migrants more important than ever
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that showing solidarity with migrants is more important than ever in his message on International Migrants Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 18.
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China continues to finance coal plants in Europe violating its promises on
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Beijing [China], December 18 (ANI): China-financed coal plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to thrive despite President Xi Jinping's promise to the United Nations General Assembly this September that it would no longer fund the construction of new coal-fired power plants overseas.
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