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Global cereal output seen hitting all-time high in 2024
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, issued by FAO Friday, attributed its raised projections to a better harvest outlook for maize in Argentina and Brazil as well as Turkiye and Ukraine, which will offset downgrades to the outlook for Indonesia, Pakistan and several Southern African countries
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Uyghur protest at UN demands justice on Urumchi Massacre anniversary
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a poignant display of remembrance and defiance, Uyghur Muslims gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2009 Urumchi Massacre on Friday.
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UN Secy-Gen calls for global unity and action at SCO Summit
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged for global solidarity amidst "difficult global conditions" while expressing gratitude for the warm reception from Kazakhstan and highlighting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) role as a crucial partner of the United Nations.
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'Youth acts - Planting for a sustainable future' event unites 2,500 studen
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The G20 Global Land Initiative (G20 GLI) at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in collaboration with the Heartfulness Institute, successfully concluded the 'Youth Acts - Planting for a Sustainable Future' event at Kanha Shanti Vanam, the global headquarters of t
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UAE's Alef Education, KICD, UNICEF sign landmark agreement on climate chan
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Alef Education, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), and UNICEF today announced the signing of a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to integrate climate change education into the curriculum in public schools across Kenya.
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There can be no substitute for national efforts in creating environment wh
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Tapan Kumar Deka noted that the changing nature of armed conflict, with a rise in intra-state conflicts involving non-state Armed Groups, has increasingly exposed peacekeeping operations to regional and global dynamics that undermine their efforts to implement their mandate.
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Imran Khan's prosecution in Toshakhana, cipher cases 'without legal basis,
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stressed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan's detention and prosecution in the first Toshakhana case and Cipher case were "without legal basis" and were politically motivated, reported Dawn.
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Iranian envoy stresses concerns regarding Afghanistan, conveys Tehran's po
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi, during the Doha meeting, stressed concerns regarding Afghanistan and conveyed Tehran's position on it, reported Khaama Press.
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UAE joins UNESCO's ISSN network
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The UAE, represented by the National Library and Archives (NLA), has become the latest member of the Paris-based International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) International Centre of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
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"Domestic issues of Afghanistan will not be discussed": Taliban ahead UN-l
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the UN-led meeting in Doha on Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that domestic issues of Afghanistan will not be discussed, asserting that domestic issues of the nation are not of the United Nations in any way.
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Worst Economic Prospects in a generation for developing nations: SDG2024
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Developing countries face worst medium-term economic outlook: SDG2024
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Geneva: Exhibition showcases rapid development in J&K at UN
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Organised by Sheikh Khalid, an author and peace activist from Srinagar, in collaboration with global human rights defender Elena Vallejo, the exhibition aimed to showcase the positive transformations in the Union Territory of India.
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