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India emphasises importance of equity and accessibility in food grain distribution
United Nations: Highlighting the importance of equity, affordability and accessibility when it comes to food grain distribution, India has said open markets must not become an argument to perpetuate inequity and promote…
- Middle East
South Sudan lifts suspension of UN radio station
Juba: South Sudan’s media regulator has lifted the suspension of Radio Miraya, the UN-owned radio station. Michael Makuei Lueth, minister of Information and Communication, Technology and Postal Services, said journalists working for…
- Middle East
Egypt Prez says solutions to global conflicts should base on UN Charter
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said that solutions to ongoing global conflicts should be based on the purposes of the UN Charter and the principles of international law. Sisi made the…
- Middle East
Extreme heat puts displaced people in Syria at risk: UN
United Nations: UN humanitarians have warned of the risk for displaced people in northwest Syria in temperatures from 30 to 46 degrees Celsius. A one-year-old girl died on Thursday in a displacement…
- Middle East
UN transfers oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster
Aden: A UN emergency team has started transferring crude oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s western coast as part of an urgent mission to avert a…
- India
Govt reveals India’s projected population as of July 1
New Delhi: The projected population of India, as on July 1, 2023, is 139 crore according to a report of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Lok Sabha was informed…
- Middle East
UN food agency employee killed in Yemen’s Taiz
Aden: Unidentified gunmen shot dead an employee of the UN World Food Programme in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, a security official told the media. “Assailants riding a motorcycle targeted and killed…
- World
UN trust fund aids 43,000 people affected by sexual abuse since 2016
United Nations: A UN trust fund formed in 2016 has helped 43,000 people affected by sexual exploitation and abuse, a spokesman said. The UN Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance released…
- India
India donates USD1 mn to promote Hindi at UN
United Nations: India has donated USD1 million to the UN for the promotion of Hindi. Acknowledging India’s contribution Melissa Fleming, the Global Communications under-secretary-general, tweeted on Monday: “We are grateful to @IndiaUNNewYork…
- Middle East
UN considers Syrian offer to use border crossing for aid delivery
United Nations: The UN is considering an offer from the Damascus government for the world body to use the Bab al-Hawa border crossing to deliver aid into northwest Syria through Turkey, a…
- Middle East
UN official in Jordan voices concern over funding shortfall
Amman: The UN Resident Coordinator in Jordan, Sheri Ritsema-Anderson, has expressed her concern about the funding shortfall that may lead to disruption of services to both Jordanians and refugees in the coming…
- Middle East
UNIFIL urges Lebanon, Israel to avoid escalation after border clash
Beirut: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged Lebanon and Israel to stop any action that may lead to an escalation in southern Lebanon, a few hours after three Hezbollah…
- India
India strongly rejects Quran desecration, votes against such acts in UNHRC
United Nations: India on Wednesday voted in favour of a draft resolution tabled in the UN Human Rights Council that condemns and strongly rejects recent “public and premeditated” acts of desecration of…
- Middle East
Lebanon to file complaint with UN against Israeli violations
Beirut: Lebanon has prepared to file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against “Israel’s annexation” of the northern part of Ghajar, a disputed village on the border with Israeli-occupied Golan…
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Take steps to prevent anti-Muslim hatred, OIC urges UN members
New York: Condemning the desecration of the holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on the occasion of Eid Al Adha, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged the United Nations member…
