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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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Delhi's premier fashion institute NIFT joins #DNAFightsRape- Save
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New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A virtual discussion jointly organised by Ogilvy India and the country's leading fashion and design institute, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Delhi, brought together subject matter experts from legal, law enforcement,
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Myanmar coup: 'Terrified' UN rights expert sounds alarm ahead of m
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has warned of the potential surge in violence, as protests continue against the military who overthrew the democratically elected government.
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UN chief condemns attack on school, abduction of students in Niger
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.
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Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received single COVID
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New York [US], February 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get
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India to gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to UN peacekee
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New Delhi [India], Feburary 17 (ANI): India on Wednesday announced that it will gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to United Nations peacekeepers.
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UN expert urges actors with influence in Myanmar to prevent milita
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
New York [US], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews issued a statement calling on all actors with influence in the country to convince the military to refrain from violence ahead of protests planned for Wednesday.
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UK to call for global ceasefires to vaccinate people against COVID
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London [UK], February 17 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab will urge the UN Security Council on Wednesday to agree a resolution for negotiated ceasefires in conflict zones around the world to enable vulnerable people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and supporting equitable
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Killings of rights activists rising in Afghanistan after peace tal
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Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan has faced a "chilling" wave of killings of rights activists and media workers since the start of Kabul-Taliban peace talks in September, according to the UN assistance mission in the country (UNAMA).
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gi
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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UN Assistant Secretary-General meets Andhra CM, discuss farming ac
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 16 (ANI): United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Satya S Tripathi on Monday called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at his camp office.
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Ajai Malhotra becomes first Indian chairperson of Advisory Committ
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 15 (ANI): Ajai Malhotra has become the first Indian to be elected as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council, said the Permanent Mission of India at United Nations, Geneva on Monday.
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