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Afghanistan Facing Profound Humanitarian Crisis, UN Warns
Afghanistan Facing Profound Humanitarian Crisis, UN Warns

"With winter having arrived, women, men, boys and girls face severe poverty and hunger, and limited and deteriorating public services, particularly healthcare."

  • Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Elon Musk Will Sell Tesla Stock If UN Can Prove It Will 'Solve World Hunger'
Elon Musk Will Sell Tesla Stock If UN Can Prove It Will 'Solve World Hunger'

The WFP provides assistance to over 115 million people in 84 countries through food or cash distributions in emergencies, nutrition support programmes and other activities.

  • Monday, 01 November 2021
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India Gets Re-elected To UN Human Rights Council For 2022-24 Term

The UN General Assembly elected by secret ballot Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar, Somalia, UAE and the USA.

  • Thursday, 14 October 2021
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China's position in UN: Growing concern over China's assertive politics

China's growing impact inside the United Nations is unavoidable, owing to President Xi Jinping's much more assertive foreign policy and the way that China's evaluated contributions to the world body are currently second just to those of the United States.

  • Wednesday, 06 October 2021
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Taliban Unlikely To Speak At UN Session

Representatives of the former Afghan government still occupy the Afghan mission at the UN. On Tuesday, they attended the session that US President Joe Biden addressed.

  • Thursday, 23 September 2021
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WATCH: K-Pop Band BTS Unveils New Music Video For ‘Performance To Dance’ At UN Global Event

The Korean pop sensation and one of the most famous bands of the world, BTS, addressed the United Nations on Monday (Sept 20), in a speech like no other.

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  • Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Pak Promoting 'Culture Of Violence,' Uses UN Forum For Hate Speech: India
Pak Promoting 'Culture Of Violence,' Uses UN Forum For Hate Speech: India

India reiterates its call for the application of the principles of objectivity, non-selectivity and impartiality to form the basis of discussions in the United Nations especially on the issue of religion

  • Wednesday, 08 September 2021
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UN to cooperate Odisha to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Bhubaneswar: The United Nations is ready to cooperate with the Odisha government to strengthen institutionalised monitoring framework for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), informed a team of delegates from various agencies after meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat on Saturday. Patnaik had a discussion with the delegates on various models of partnership […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Woman loses house to Phailin, son to govt negligence

Nayagarh: The United Nations (UN) might have appreciated Odisha government’s handling of cyclone Phailin which hit Odisha in October 2013; but the ground reality speaks volumes about the pain and suffering that the affected people still have to put up with. Tears stream down her wrinkled face incessantly as she weeps in the memory of […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
Maduro interprets Trump's UN comments as death threat

Caracas:Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he considered US President Donald Trump’s remarks in his United Nations General Assembly speech to be a death threat. “I know that I’m interpreting the threat that Donald Trump made yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) correctly and exactly and I want to tell the public, Trump today threatened the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Health is not a mere absence of disease: Governor

Bhubaneswar: Health is not a mere absence of disease. It is a dynamic expression of life in terms of how joyful, loving and enthusiastic one becomes. Whether it is stress relief, inner peace, improving immunity and having better health yoga is a proven practice since ancient time, said Governor SC Jamir today. Inaugurating the National […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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World not doing enough to prevent catastrophic climate disruption, says UN chief

Katowice (Poland): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said the world was in deep trouble and not doing enough or moving fast enough to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate disruption. “Climate change is running faster than we are, and we must catch up sooner rather than later before it is too late,” he said in […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Indian peacekeeper injured in DRC rebel attack

United Nations: An attack by a rebel group has injured an Indian police peacekeeper serving an UN operation in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) area facing the Ebola crisis, an UN official said. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the attack was carried out by “suspected” Allied Democratic […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Chamling receives FAO award for Sikkim becoming world's first organic state

United Nations: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling received the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award from its Deputy Director Maria Helena Semedo, who commended the Himalayan state for setting an example to the world by becoming first totally organic state. Accepting the award at the FAO headquarters in Rome on […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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MPs from across India's political spectrum showcase nation's diversity at UN

United Nations: Reflecting the diversity of India’s democracy, members of parliament from across the political spectrum and the nation are representing India at the General Assembly. India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin described their participation in the Indian delegation to the Assembly as “a long tradition that has helped in fostering better understanding of multilateralism among […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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