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India supports multilateralism, need to adopt speedier UNSC reform
Updated : 8 hours, 12 min ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India supports multilateralism in the United Nations Security Council and it is high time that the status quo should be changed and the reforms are introduced at the earliest, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said on Frida
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PM Modi to attend two debates in this year's 'historic' UNGA sessi
Updated : 10 hours, 28 min ago IST
New York [US], September 19 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Friday (local time) said the highlight of the "historic" UN General Assembly session this year will be the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two debates in the high-lev
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Feel empowered, says women of Nepal's Gorkha district after recons
Updated : 1 day, 1 hour ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], September 18 (ANI): Radha Ramtel, once a mason during the Nepal Housing Reconstruction Project in Gorkha district, now feels empowered as the project funded by the Indian Government and undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helped her to earn and learn
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People in PoK desperate for freedom from Pakistan govt: Activist
Updated : 1 day, 1 hour ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 18 (ANI): Highlighting the atrocities comitted by Pakistan in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from PoK, told the United Nations that people in the region are "desperate" for freedom from Pakistan government and want to join the u
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President Trump not to attend UNGA session in-person: White House
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters.
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UN chief calls for more efforts to address global fragilities expo
Updated : 2 days, 8 hours ago IST
New York [US], September 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed.
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UN Secy-General urges global community to assist WHO's fight again
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the global community to support the UN system, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in particular, in its effort against the coronavirus pandemic.
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India beats China, becomes member of UN's ECOSOC body
Updated : 4 days, 7 hours ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): India has been elected as a member of the United Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), said TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Monday (local time).
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Some countries taking advantage of COVID-19 to enhance terrorism,
Updated : 4 days, 18 hours ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): In a veiled reference to Pakistan and China, India said on Monday that when some countries were taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic to enhance terrorism or adopt aggressive policies, it has been rushing medical supplies and strengthen national health cap
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Am concerned about Uyghurs Muslims in China, says UN High Commissi
Updated : 4 days, 20 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in her inaugural statement at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday, raised concerns over rights violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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Establish global commission to stop sectarian violence against Shi
Updated : 6 days, 3 hours ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing concerns over the rise in attacks against Shia Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan and demanded the formation of
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UNGA adopts resolution recognising COVID-19 as one of greatest cha
Updated : 1 week ago IST
New York [US], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly said in a new resolution the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic represents one of the greatest challenges since the establishment of the United Nations.
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