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  Sheikha Hasina, Narendra Modi to meet in New York

  World | September 13, 2014 13:54 IST

  Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are scheduled to meet in New York this month during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), media reported on Saturday.This would be the first

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  Modi to address UN on Sept 27, summit with Obama on Sept 30

  World | September 09, 2014 19:23 IST

  Washington/New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a hectic five-day tour in the US, addressing the UN General Assembly in Hindi on September 27, and a formal summit at the White House with US

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  We are incurable optimists: India on UNSC reforms

  World | September 09, 2014 13:34 IST

  United Nations: The UN General Assembly has decided to carry forward talks on Security Council reforms to the next session, with India expressing dismay that the draft decision was no different from the one adopted

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  Talks with Kashmiri separatists to continue: Pakistan envoy

  World | August 20, 2014 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: A defiant Pakistan today made it clear that it will continue talking to Kashmiri separatists despite India's protestation, saying that the “bottomline” for Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir issue was to engage all stakeholders

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  PM Narendra Modi likely to address UN General Assembly on September 27

  World | August 02, 2014 10:43 IST

  United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, giving his first global speech to an audience of nearly 200 world leaders and Foreign Ministers at

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  Ugandan FM elected UN General Assembly president

  World | June 12, 2014 10:24 IST

  United Nations: Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was elected president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, media reported Thursday.Kutesa was chosen unanimously Wednesday by the African Union as the only candidate for

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  Action plan in place to protect human rights: UN chief

  World | December 17, 2013 20:55 IST

  United Nations: The UN has said it has prepared an action plan to prevent human rights violations in countries after learning from the final phase of the military conflict in Sri Lanka, the world body's

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  Five new members elected to UNSC

  World | October 18, 2013 8:01 IST

  United Nations : The UN General Assembly Thursday elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation's most powerful body.The new members will begin

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  No military solution for conflict in Syria: PM

  World | September 28, 2013 21:24 IST

  United Nations: India today strongly pitched for a political settlement to the Syrian crisis, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying there is no military solution to the lethal conflict that threatens regional stability.Addressing the UN

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  Proper dialogue necessary to resolve nuclear issue: Iran

  World | September 21, 2013 20:28 IST

  Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said his country seeks to engage in proper interaction with the world to settle the dispute over its nuclear issue.The minister, currently in New York for the

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  UN General Assembly begins 68th session

  World | September 18, 2013 10:05 IST

  United Nations: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) started Tuesday its 68th session at the UN Headquarters in New York while setting a new development agenda beyond 2015 as its priority."The upcoming year will be pivotal

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  UN's Ban to 'welcome' meeting between Singh, Sharif in NYC

  World | September 18, 2013 8:56 IST

  United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon yesterday expressed hope that India and Pakistan would discuss ways to address the tension at the LoC during a possible meeting of Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif

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  Manmohan Singh to address UN General Assembly on Sep 28

  World | September 05, 2013 13:35 IST

  United Nations: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would address the United Nations General assembly on September 28, according to the latest provisional list of speakers released by the UN.As per the previous provisional list, the Prime

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  Justice Dalveer Bhandari elected as ICJ judge

  India | April 28, 2012 8:41 IST

  United Nations, Apr 28: After a gap of more than two decades, India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari was on Friday overwhelmingly elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, defeating his Filipino rival

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  US Walks Out As Iran Delivers Anti-US Speech

  World | September 23, 2011 11:27 IST

  United Nations, Sept 23: American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by

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  Anti-Gaddafi Forces Seize Key Desert Airport, Garrison

  World | September 20, 2011 22:51 IST

  Benghazi, Sep 20: Anti-Gaddafi fighters today said they had captured the airport and a garrison in the defeated Libyan despot's southern redoubt Sabha, as fighting raged in two of his northern strongholds.The battlefield victories came

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  Ban Ki-moon Elected For Second Term As UN Secy General

  World | June 22, 2011 14:32 IST

  United Nations, Jun 22 :  The UN General Assembly has voted unanimously to elect Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term as the world body's Secretary General, lauding him for bolstering the organisation's role and