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Pakistan PM Imran Khan to address UNGA virtually today
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) virtually on Friday (4:30 pm, Eastern Standard Time), a media report said.
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Taliban to submit complaints to UN over US shooting at Kabul Airport
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Taliban has expressed its wish to file complaints with the United Nations and other authorities over the United States' shooting at the Kabul airport during evacuations in August.
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If UN approves representative, will strengthen relations with US, EU, othe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Taliban on Friday said that it will focus on strengthening relations with the United States, European Union, and other countries if the United Nations approves its representative.
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UN chief asks to treat food as human right rather than commodity
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Food should be viewed as a human right, not as a commodity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
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World should not repeat mistake of disengaging with Afghanistan, says Pak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI): US top diplomat Antony Blinken and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly session on Thursday.
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Job losses, soaring prices creating new class of hungry in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Job losses, lack of cash and soaring prices are creating a new class of hungry in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned on Thursday.
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Taliban 'show' at UN won't serve anything, says German Foreign Minister on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany] September 23 (ANI): Heiko Maas, the foreign minister of Germany, on Wednesday opposed the Taliban's request to address the world leaders at the United Nations, saying that the "show by Afghanistan's new rulers would serve no purpose" at the forum.
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At G20 meeting, China urges lifting economic sanctions on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 23 (ANI): China has called for the ending of sanctions and restrictions on Afghanistan amid Taliban struggle for wider international recognition.
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UN Security Council condemns attempted coup in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms Tuesday's attempt to disrupt Sudan's transition by force.
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20th anniversary of Durban Declaration's adoption: Racism is antithesis to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Racism is the antithesis to the spirit of humanity and it is a negation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, said Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Wednesday (local time
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World leaders pledge USD 5 billion to protect nature
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Nine organisations have pledged 5 billion US dollars over the next 10 years to support the creation, expansion, management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water and sea, working with indigenous peoples, local communities, civ
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UNGA president to hold high-level event on universal vaccination in 2022
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI/Xinhua): President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Abdulla Shahid said Wednesday that he would convene a high-level event on universal vaccination next year.
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