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UN-backed candidate from Singapore beats China's nominee to head WIPO agen
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8 (ANI): Daren Tang, a civil servant from Singapore, serving the United Nations since a long-time, has defeated China's nominee to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a vote that followed weeks of vicious diplomatic sniping between Washingto
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US-Taliban peace deal doesn't protect rights of Afghan people, European th
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): The recently-signed peace deal between the United States and the Taliban does not secure the protection of the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Afghan people, said Soana Deunier, a Research Analyst at the European Foundation for
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Coronavirus to thwart Africa's industrial development due to China's slowd
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Vienna [Austria], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The outbreak of coronavirus, which has already disrupted industrial production in China, is likely to hit Africa's industrial development sector due to its reliance on Beijing, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
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Worsening human rights in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan raised at UN
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Political activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the worsening human rights situation in the region during the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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UNGCNI organises 3rd Gender Equality Summit-India Inc for Generation Equal
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New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Global Compact Network India (GCNI) - A local arm of United Nations Global Compact, New York today conducted the third edition of its Gender Equality Summit, 2020 at The Park, New Delhi.
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Activist asks UN to announce Nirbhaya convicts' execution date as 'Rape Pr
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Women rights activist and founder of People against Rapes in India (PARI), Yogita Bhayana, has written a letter to the United Nations seeking to declare March 20, 2020, the scheduled execution date of Nirbhaya convict, as "Rape Prevention Day".
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Coronavirus outbreak has cost global value chains $50 billion in exports:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (ANI): The slowdown of manufacturing in China due to coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is disrupting world trade and could result in a 50 billion dollar decrease in exports across global value chains, according to estimates published by the United Nations Conference
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Ex-UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar passes away at 100
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New York [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): Former United Nations chief Javier Perez de Cuellar passed away on Wednesday in Lima, the capital of his native country Peru, the local media said.
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Coronavirus outbreak could lead to USD 50 bn trade losses: UNCTAD
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could inflict a USD 50 billion damage to international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Wednesday (local time), citing its recent estimates of the situa
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India lambasts Pak for raking up Kashmir issue at UNHRC, raises worsening
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and asked the country to rather work constructively and devote equal attention to protection and promotion of human rights of its own m
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Sindhis protest outside UN office in Geneva against persecution of minorit
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress held a demonstration in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to raise the issue of the persecution of minorities, especially the Hindus, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
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Pakistan is illegally ruling Gilgit Baltistan : Activist
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Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 04 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan is an 'occupier', activist Senge Sering has said that Islamabad is ruling in Gilgit Baltistan on an illegal basis and is misusing the resources in the region.
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