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Strengthening social protection, trade key to building A-Pac region: UN re
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Apr 23 (ANI): Broadening social protection, investing in a sustained recovery, keeping goods and information flowing, and protecting environmental health will be key to emerging stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a flagship report by the United Nations Econ
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UN agency voices concern over shutdown of major Libyan oil port
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday expressed concern over the recent shutdown of a major oil port by the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC).
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Wabag ranked 4th globally among top 50 private water companies
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Water technology major Va Tech Wabag has been ranked fourth globally by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) in London for ensuring safe and clean drinking water and sanitation for over 71 million people across the globe.
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UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concern
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical "evacuation" from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Comm
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India gets elected to three UN ECOSOC bodies
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 21 (ANI): India was on Tuesday elected to three United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) bodies.
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India's vision of Indo-Pacific premised upon ASEAN centrality: Jaishankar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said India's vision of Indo-Pacific as a free, open and inclusive region, underpinned by international law and a rules-based order, is premised upon ASEAN "centrality and the common pursuit of progress and pr
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US: Sindhi American activists highlight rights violation in Pakistan with
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): Several US-based Sindhi activists are on an almost month-long arduous journey from New York, outside the United Nations headquarters, to Washington DC to highlight human rights violations in Sindh province in Pakistan.
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Pakistan launches nationwide drive to verify 1.4 million Afghan refugees
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan has launched a nationwide drive to verify the data of about 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees residing in the country, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official as saying.
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Only way to end Yemen crisis is through lasting, inclusive peace, says Tir
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): Expressing concerns about the violence in Yemen at the United Nations, India on Thursday said that the only way to end the crisis in Yemen is through lasting and inclusive peace.
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US house resolution urges Biden to refer China's Uyghur 'genocide' to UN
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 15 (ANI): A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, condemning China's "genocide" of Uyghurs and other minorities while urging US President Joe Biden to refer the crackdown to the United Nations.
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UN says Myanmar security forces killed at least 51 children, calls for res
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is calling on the Myanmar security forces to refrain from violence against children after at least 51 children were killed since the military coup in February, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
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China bears responsibility for ongoing genocide against Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): Chinese actions in Xinjiang against the Uyghur minority have violated every single provision in the United Nations' Genocide Convention, according to an independent report by over 50 global experts.
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