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UN initiates probe in 'horrific' attack of central Mali
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mopti [Mali], Mar 27 (ANI): The United Nations has initiated a probe in Saturday's "horrific attack" in central Mali's Mopti region in which at least 150 people were killed, reports Al Jazeera.
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UN allows sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to N. Korea
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Mar 25 (ANI): In a temporary relief to North Korea, the United Nations has waived sanctions to agencies providing humanitarian assistance, including food security, access to clean water and improving children's health, to enter the communist country.
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MQM leader seeks UN's help in attaining self-determination right
Updated : 7 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 25 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder-leader Altaf Hussain has once again laid his demand for the right of self-determination and has urged the United Nations (UN) to immediately send its investigators and observers to Pakistan to look into the "genocide" of Mohaj
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Subsuming South-South cooperation into int'l aid architecture not helpful:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina] March 22 (ANI): Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin while talking at the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation at Buenos Aires said that attempts to subsume South-South cooperation into internationa
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Technology elevating financing for travel
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 22 (ANI/BusinessWireIndia): Given how mobile-centric the world has become, it comes as no real surprise that people are increasingly turning to technology to browse, analyse and purchase conveniently from wherever they are, regardless of location.
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Cyclone Idai one of Africa's worst disasters: UN
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New York [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): Cyclone Idai is one of the worst disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, according to the United Nations.
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India, Sri Lanka joint exercise 'Mitra Shakti-VI' to commence from Mar 26
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New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Exercise 'Mitra Shakti' which is conducted annually as part of military diplomacy and interaction between armies of India and Sri Lanka will be conducted from March 26 to April 8 for the year 2018-19, in Sri Lanka.
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VP Naidu urges UN to evolve common strategy to combat terrorism
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called upon the United Nations to evolve a common strategy to combat terrorism and speedily conclude the deliberations on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
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Activists of PoK, Gilgit urge UN to stop Pakistan from carrying out atroci
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): An organization of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit, seeking freedom of these areas from Pakistan, on Sunday urged the UN and world human rights bodies to intervene to end victimisation of locals by Pakistani forces.
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UNEA adopts single-use plastic resolution piloted by India
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New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): In a first, United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has adopted the resolutions piloted by India on single-use plastic and sustainable nitrogen management at the 4th session in Nairobi.
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Sindhis voice concern over Pakistani forces' brutalities, want UN mission
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Geneva (Switzerland), March 15 (ANI) Enforced disappearances, torture and killing of locals in Sindh by the Pakistan army and intelligence agencies is a major concern, political activists from the Pakistani province said here on Friday and asked the United Nations to send a fact-find
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China blocking proposal on Masood Azhar, a failure of 'jhula' diplomacy: O
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Unable to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar listed as a global terrorist at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Jhula diplomacy", said AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday
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