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UN Security Council many meet soon to discuss COVID-19, says Secy
Updated : 4 hours, 59 min ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): With the world under the grip of COVID-19, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres indicated that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may meet soon to discuss the pandemic, which has infected more than 1.2 million worldwide and killed close
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Impossible to contain COVID-19 in war-torn countries like Libya: U
Updated : 1 day, 4 hours ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 5 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that an outbreak of coronavirus in Libya could be worrisome and catastrophic for the country's Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and other 700,000 refugees in the country.
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ICJ urges UNHRC to act against China for coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 1 day, 21 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against China for committing grave offenses against humanity by spreading the lethal coronavirus across the world resulting in the death of thousan
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UNGA adopts resolution in fight against COVID-19
Updated : 2 days, 4 hours ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on fighting COVID-19. UNGA also called for intensified international cooperation to against the pandemic.
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UN disarmament commission's session postponed to 2021 over COVID-1
Updated : 2 days, 22 hours ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has pushed back the organizational session of the UN Disarmament Commission to 2021 in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.
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UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developi
Updated : 5 days, 22 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 31 (ANI): With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries (excluding China) facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations is calling for a 2.5 trillion dollars package for these countries to turn expressio
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UNSC condemns terror attack on Kabul gurdwara, underlines need to
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday (local time) condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack conducted by the Islamic State terrorists on the Dharamshala Sikh Temple in Kabul on March 25, which resulted in
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UN condemns Kabul Gurudwara terror attack
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the Kabul Gurudwara terror attack which killed 27 civilians, and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wishes to those injured.
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UN in India welcomes PM Modi's 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19
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New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Renata Dessallien, on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strategy of a 21-day nation-wide lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
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UN Chief calls for 'immediate global ceasefire' amid COVID-19 pand
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for an immediate halt of fighting worldwide in order to focus together on combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Half of world's student population not attending school due to CO
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Paris [France], Mar 22 (ANI): Over 850 million children and youth, roughly half of the world's student population, had to stay away from schools and universities in the light of the coronavirus pandemic according to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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UN chief urges warring parties in Libya to accept 5+5 draft ceasef
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 22 (Sputnik/ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the rival Libyan administrations to lay down arms and accept the temporary draft ceasefire agreement negotiated by the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5) in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, a
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