Palau becomes 76th country to join International Solar Alliance
Updated : 1 day, 22 hours ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands in Oceania, on Tuesday became the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance.
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Gilgit-Baltistan in open letter says Pakistan only an 'assumed sup
Updated : 3 days, 3 hours ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan, July 15 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan in an open letter has stressed that the territory, which has been administered by Pakistan, is a "compelling part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir" and Pakistan's status is only that of an "assumed supervisor" that has no right to change its
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Modi to attend UN General Assembly meet in Sept
Updated : 4 days, 21 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in September this year, government sources said on Saturday.
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37 countries, including Pak and Saudi, defend China in UN letter o
Updated : 5 days, 3 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): UN ambassadors from 37 countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, have released a letter defending China's "contribution to the international human rights cause" in the Xinjiang region, in direct response to Western criticism earlier this week.
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UN lauds India for reducing multidimensional poverty
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
New York [US], July 12 (ANI): The United Nations has praised India for reducing multidimensional poverty in the country at the fastest rate in the world.
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Nepal court announces 16 yrs jail term, 1 million penalty for ex-U
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 8 (ANI): A court here on Monday announced 16 years of prison sentence and penalty worth one million (in Nepali Rupees) for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of child abuse.
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India says UN report is a 'false narrative on situation in J-K'
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): India on Monday said that the report of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is a mere continuation of the earlier "false and motivated narrative".
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UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Libya as death toll cro
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 6 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1,000.
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60 killed after Libyan guards shoot at migrants fleeing air strike
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 5 (ANI): At least 60 people were killed and 77 others sustained injuries after Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees attempting to flee from air strikes on a detention centre near the country's capital city of Tripoli, United Nations said on Thursday.
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UKPNP urges UN to act against Pak for human rights violations in P
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to initiate action to make Pakistan accountable for human rights violations in Gilgit-Baltistan, and PoK.
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UN allows Seoul to release 2 ships illegally transferring oil to N
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Sanctions Committee (UNSC) on Tuesday allowed South Korea to release two ships detained for illegal ship-to-ship transfer of petroleum products to North Korea.
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'UN report on PoK is highly dubious'
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 02 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is "highly dubious" as it has failed to address the deplorable human rights situation in the region despite having all "invaluable insights", a researcher at an
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