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6,500 Pak terrorists present in Afghanistan, most belong to TTP: UN report
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 26 (ANI): The total number of Pakistani terrorists in Afghanistan is estimated at between 6,000 and 6,500, most of them belonging to the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), posing a threat to both countries, according to a report by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC
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Bangladesh floods claim 54 lives, affect 2.4 million people, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 22 (ANI): Severe flooding in Bangladesh, which has killed at least 54 people and affected over 2.4 million people, could be the worst since 1988, the United Nations has said.
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AEHRF 'deeply perturbed' by upward swing in racial discrimination, Xenopho
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 21 (ANI): Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF), a Delhi-based NGO with ECOSOC status, has expressed dismay on the rising cases of racial discrimination and Xenophobia in some parts of the world.
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Hope Probe Mars Mission is UAE's contribution to entire world: UN official
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 19 (WAM/ANI): Emirates Mars Mission, Hope Probe, is the UAE's contribution to the entire world, a top United Nations (UN) official told WAM.
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Marianna Vardinoyannis, Morissana Kouyate announced laureates of UN Nelson
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], July 18 (ANI): Marianna Vardinoyannis of Greece and Morissana Kouyate of Guinea were on Friday (local time) announced the laureates of the United Nations 2020 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Xinhua reported.
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PM Modi calls for reform in global multilateral system, United Nations
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for reforming the global multilateral system to enhance its relevance, improve its effectiveness and to make it the basis of a new type of human-centric globalisation while noting that India firml
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PM Modi to address High-Level Segment of ECOSOC later today
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council session later today.
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UN designates Pak based terror group's leader Noor Wali Mehsud as global t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday (local time) designated Pakistan based terror organisation Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan's leader, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, as a global terrorist.
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Establish inquiry commission to probe human rights violations in PoK: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): Activist Sajjad Raja on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan and hold their perpetrators acco
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On United Nations' 75th anniversary, PM Narendra Modi to virtually address
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a keynote address virtually at this year's High-Level Segment of United Nations Economic & Social Council (UN ECOSOC) session on 17th July at United Nations in New York, on the eve of 75th anniversary of the U
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WHO, UNICEF alert of drop in vaccinations during coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The world has seen a dramatic decline in the number of children vaccinated during the novel coronavirus pandemic and can experience a surge in preventable diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF
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Indian envoy discusses bilateral cooperation on global platforms with Russ
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Indian ambassador to Russia Bala Venkatesh Varma met Deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin on Tuesday and discussed bilateral cooperation shared between the two countries on global platforms including the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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