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UN Security Council unlikely to lift sanctions over Taliban
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 29 (ANI): Days after the Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of the peace deal with the United States, the UN Security Council was expected to vote on lifting sanctions over the group. But the matter has been squashed as certain conditions ma
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No response from Pak over activation of communication channel to tackle lo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): India on Thursday said that Pakistan has not yet responded to its suggestion for activation of communication channel for responding to the locust problem.
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Not for us to opine: UN on Trump's offer to mediate on India-China border
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 28 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday refrained from commenting on India-China border tensions and said that it is for both the countries to decide whether they want any mediator to resolve the matter or not.
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China blocks US bid for UNSC meeting on Hong Kong national security law, s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 28 (ANI): China on Thursday blocked the US attempt to hold a United Nations Security Council meeting on the issue of Beijing government’s plan to impose new security legislation in Hong Kong.
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In a first, Indian Army Major to be honoured with UN Military Gender Advoc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper who has served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has been selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019).
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Maldives thwarts Pak attempt at OIC meet, says singling out India, allegin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 22 (ANI): Maldives has called out propaganda against India at the virtual Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meet at United Nations.
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India proposes coordinated response to tackle locust attack; Islamabad yet
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): To deal with a common enemy, India has proposed a coordinated response to tackle Desert Locust along the border to Pakistan and also offered to facilitate the supply of insecticide Malathion to Islamabad for the same.
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US blocks Russia-sponsored UNSC statement on incursion in Venezuela: Dmitr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States blocked a Russia-proposed UN Security Council draft press statement on the recent incursion into Venezuela, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said in a statement.
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UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances seeks permission to visit Paki
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 17 (ANI): A UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances has sent several requests to Pakistan government to visit the country, especially Sindh province, to investigate the cases of enforced disappearances, but is still waiting to get permission.
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World Sindhi Congress' highlights issue of enforced disappearances in Sind
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) attended a virtual session of the United Nations' Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) during which they highlighted the incidents of enforced disappearances in Sindh.
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India's Permanent Representative-designate to UN calls on President Kovind
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Permanent Representative-designate of India to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Thursday.
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Sedition charges against Atnasio Lobo for 'Free Goa from India' petition
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 11 (ANI): President of Revolutionary Indians Nitin Patkaro has filed an FIR against Atnasio Lobo for an online petition seeking Goa to be a free country under the caption "Free Goa from Indian invasion and its illegal occupation against United Nations Resolution" ca
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