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UN-backed Lebanon tribunal's tenure extended for three years
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.23 (ANI): The tenure and mandate of the tribunal set up to try the accused involved in the February 2005 bomb attack in Beirut that killed 22 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and injured many others, has been extended by three years
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UN slaps new sanctions on N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Dec 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council has slapped new sanctions on North Korea in backdrop of its recent ballistic missile tests.
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Abbas hails UN Jerusalem vote
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 22 (ANI): Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has hailed a United Nations vote that called on the United States to withdraw its unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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UN passes resolution discarding Trump's Jerusalem move
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec 22 (ANI): In a major blow to the United States, 128 countries have voted in favor of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on Washington DC to withdraw its unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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Israeli PM terms UN 'house of lies' ahead of Jerusalem vote
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Israel [Jerusalem], December 21 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed the United Nations a 'house of lies' on Thursday, ahead of vote on a resolution seeking withdrawal of US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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India reproves Pak, China for supporting terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): Taking cognisance of the mushrooming menace of terrorism across the world, India, in a veiled attack, chastised Pakistan and China for mainstreaming and supporting world-recognised terrorists.
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Jerusalem UN vote: Trump threatens to cut off financial aid
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] December 21 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries which vote in favour of a United Nations resolution rejecting the US president's unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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UN human rights chief will not seek a second term
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 21 (ANI): United Nations high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a staunch critic of United States President Donald Trump has stated that he will not seek a second term.
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1M1B only Indian NGO to partner with UNDPI this year
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): 1 Million for 1 Billion (1M1B) on Wednesday announced its affiliation with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and stressed that it will be the only Indian NGO to partner the Department this year for disseminating information about pri
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Pak Army chief supports Hafiz Saeed
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 20 (ANI): United Nations-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed has found a new supporter in Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who has hailed the Mumbai attack mastermind as 'active' to resolve the Kashmir issue, as every other citizen of Pakist
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US veto of UN resolution on Jerusalem is regrettable: Russia
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 20 (ANI): Russia has said that the United States veto of the United Nations resolution on Jerusalem is regrettable as Washington went against the will of international community.
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US vetoes UNSC resolution to reverse Jerusalem recognition
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Dec 19 (ANI): The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for the withdrawal of President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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