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UN rights expert warns about possible reprisals in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 25 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has warned about possible reprisals against the people she met during her recent visit to Myanmar from January 9 to 21.
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UN Secretary-General approves updated UN whistleblower protection policy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 24 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has approved an updated UN whistleblower policy, and has made it a priority for the organisation to have a whistleblower protection policy that meets the highest possible standards.
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Afghanistan: UN-backed $550 million aid plan aims to reach 5.7 million peo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 24 (ANI): A newly-launched United Nations-backed humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan is seeking $550 million in 2017 to support the most vulnerable and marginalized population of the conflict-torn country.
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Guterres appoints Derk Segaar as Director of UN information centre in Delh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.20 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Derk Segaar of The Netherlands as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi, covering India and the Kingdom of Bhutan. Mr. Segaar assumes his duties from today (January 20,
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Sharif raises Kashmir issue, Indus Water Treaty dispute in meeting with UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has raised the issue of Kashmir with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, saying that the Kashmir issue is an international dispute, which remains on the agenda of the Security Council.
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UN chief calls businesses 'best allies' to curb climate change,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], Jan. 20 (ANI): Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a new generation of partnerships with the business community to limit the impact of climate change and to reduce poverty.
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Nuclear disarmament will be Kazakhstan's top priority as UNSC member,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA],Jan.19 (ANI): The Government of Kazakhstan and the country's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has said that giving encouragement to steps for global nuclear disarmament will be their top priority as they take up a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the next t
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The pressures to reform the UN will grow, says Foreign Secretary Jaishanka
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.18 (ANI): Putting pressure on the world body for a permanent seat for India in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar on Wednesday said that "The pressures to reform the UN will only grow with each passing day".
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Diversity 'is richness, not a threat': UN chief tells forum on c
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 18 (ANI): In a message to an event spotlighting the growing challenges of 'anti-Muslim' discrimination as well as hatred in various contexts, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for drawing strength from the principles of in
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One journalist killed every four days in 2016: UNESCO
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan. 18 (ANI): More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom.
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China's position unchanged on Masood Azhar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan. 17 (ANI): China has said that designating Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations shall be processed by the 1267 Committee based on solid evidence and be decided upon the consensus among the UN Security Council members in a
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UN calls on Pakistan locate and return four disappeared social media campa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan.13 (ANI): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression, David Kaye, has called on authorities in Pakistan to locate, protect and return home four disappeared human rights and social media campaigners on priority.
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