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UN chief to focus on grain deal, nuclear safety during Ukraine visit
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will be in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelinskyy and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…
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Taliban deprive women of livelihoods, equality: UN official
New Delhi: In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, the world has seen daily and continuous deterioration in the situation of women and girls in the war-torn nation…
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Over 140 humanitarian aid workers killed in 2021: United Nations
Geneva: More than 140 aid workers were killed over the course of 2021, the Geneva-based UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. The figure for aid workers…
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UN rights chief alarmed over Israel’s killing of Palestinian children
Geneva: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet has expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in the latest escalation in Gaza. “Inflicting hurt on…
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Argentine rear admiral appointed head of UN Kashmir observer group
United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Argentine Rear Admiral Guillermo Pablo Rios as the head of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) which is charged with monitoring…
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China blocks proposal by US, India to blacklist JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother by UN
United Nations: China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and the…
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Lebanese Prez agrees on initial steps for Syrian refugees’ repatriation
Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has agreed on the initial criteria and steps to be adopted for the implementation of a strategy for the repatriation of Syrian refugees. “We have agreed with…
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Ukraine risks repeating Chernobyl disaster
Moscow: Russia has asked the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to make Ukraine stop the “shelling” of Chernobyl, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Moscow accused Ukrainian troops of firing artillery…
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UN chief extends support to Sri Lanka amid economic crisis
Colombo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended support to the Sri Lankan government and the people to meet their immediate and long-term needs. “The United Nations is ready to support the…
- Middle East
UN: Yemen’s warring sides extend truce until October
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced the extension of the Yemen truce for another two months from August 2, 2022, to October 2, 2022. The truce was extended according to the…
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Ruchira Kamboj takes over as India’s first woman Permanent Representative at UN
United Nations: Ruchira Kamboj took over as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN – the first woman to hold the position – on Tuesday after presenting her credentials to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.…
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Lebanon to send back Syrian refugees despite of UN position
Beirut: Lebanon will carry out its plan to send back 15,000 Syrian refugees every month regardless what the position of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is, a Minister said here. Minister of…
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Palestine seeks full UN membership to protect 2-state solution
Ramallah: Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the UN, said that it is “making all possible efforts” to obtain full membership of the world body to protect the two-state solution. The Palestinian mission…
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Two Indian peacekeepers killed in Congo during violent protests
United Nations: Two Border Security Force personnel, who were part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were killed on Tuesday during violent protests in the Central African…
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WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an extraordinary situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur…
