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UNHCR ready to help Tajikistan swiftly over Afghan refugee influx: Adviser
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is ready to help Tajikistan in the event of an influx of Afghan refugees, including by creating camps for their accommodation, Nodira Akbaralieva, public relations adviser
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Muraleedharan arrives in New York for official visits
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MOS) V Muraleedharan reached New York, US, for their official visits on Monday, informed Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN) TS Tirumurti.
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Afghan doctors protest for their 14-month unpaid salaries in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI): Hundreds of doctors including females from Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul and asked the World Bank to pay their pending salaries for the past 14 months.
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Thousands of Afghans received humanitarian assistance: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 9 (ANI): Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency said on Saturday.
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The Weeknd named goodwill ambassador for United Nations World Food Program
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was recently made a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme in Los Angeles.
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Afghan crisis: Civil society calls for an end to conflict
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Panjshir [Afghanistan], October 9 (ANI): Civil society representatives at a series of UN-backed radio programmes in Central Afghanistan called on the parties to stop fighting and return to the negotiating table.
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Perpetrators must be brought to justice: UN chief condemns horrific Shia m
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 9 (ANI): United Nations Security General Antonio Guterres has condemned the horrific attack at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, saying that the attacks targeting civilians, who are exercising the right to freely practice their religion, are violations of fun
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UNSC condemns attack on Afghan mosque, underlines need to bring perpetrato
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US] October 9 (ANI): United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, preceding recent attacks against religious institutions in the country.
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UN chief condemns 'barbaric' attack on mosque in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the "barbaric" attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday.
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Afghanistan: UNHRC adopts resolution to install special rapporteur to moni
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 8 (ANI): Amid reports of escalating violence in Afghanistan post the Taliban takeover, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday in Geneva adopted a resolution to install a special rapporteur and a team of experts to monitor human rights.
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PoK activist writes to UNHRC showing concern over terror activities in J-K
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], October 8 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has written a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to show concern over escalating terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
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UN chief 'deeply saddened' by deaths, destruction caused by Pakistan earth
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI): United Nations Security General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (local time) said he is deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by an earthquake in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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