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Hekmatyar refuses to apologize over war crime allegations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): Hezb-e-Islami terrorist group leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has refused to apologize over war crime allegations as efforts are underway to remove his name from the United Nations sanctions committee following the conclusion of a peace deal with the Afghan Gov
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Afghan Govt. to ask UN to lift sanctions against 'butcher of Kabul�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): The Afghan Government will send a letter to the United Nations to officially ask the top body to lift sanctions against Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as part of one of the promises made by President Ashraf Ghani while signing a draft peace agree
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Pakistan ratifies Paris climate change pact
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 11 (ANI): Pakistan has ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at a ceremony held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Sharapova to be reinstated as UN goodwill ambassador in April
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.11 (ANI): Embattled Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will once again resume her role as a United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador when her doping suspension ends in April, the body has confirmed.
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India pitches for cultivation of medicinal plants to mitigate climate chan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Marrakech (Morocco), Nov. 10 (ANI): The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has pitched for conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants for climate change adaptation in India at the Conference of Parties (COP22) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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UN Chief urges India, Pak to resolve issues through dialogue
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Nov. 8 (ANI): Expressing his concerns over heightened Pakistan-India tensions at the Line of Control (LoC), United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the two nuclear-armed neighbours to resolve all their outstanding issues through dialogue.
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Pak resists creation of new permanent seats at UN Security Council
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi has said that the creation of new permanent seats at Security Council is a move firmly opposed by Islamabad.
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Pak opposes creation of new permanent seats at UNSC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 8 (ANI): Pakistan has opposed the creation of new permanent seats at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a reform India has continually advocated for.
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`Important for India to lead the fight against climate change,` says ex-No
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): "India is an important part of my agenda right now", says former Norwegian Minister of Environment, Erik Solheim, the new Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme.
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UN headquarters lights up for Diwali
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, Oct. 30 (ANI): The United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York, celebrated Diwali for the first time.
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ISIS executed 232, took thousands as human shields near Mosul: UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Oct. 28 (ANI): The United Nations has asserted that the ISIS has executed 232 people and taken thousands of people to use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul.
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Don't get too cheery about U.S. abstention on Cuba embargo vote, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], Oct. 27 (ANI): A Cuban political observer has cautioned interested parties not to get too cheerful about the United States breaking away from a 24-year voting streak at the United Nations, by abstaining from a vote against a resolution calling for an end to the trade embargo a
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