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10 million Afghan children need immediate humanitarian assistance to survive: UNICEF
World | Sep 18, 2021, 09:17 AM ISTUNICEF said if the current situation continues, one million children under five in Afghanistan will suffer from severe acute malnutrition. A number of doctors say that cases of malnourished children have increased in the past month.
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Step up climate action by learning from ozone layer protection: UN chief Antonio Guterres
World | Sep 17, 2021, 08:12 AM ISTThe Montreal Protocol began life as a mechanism to protect and heal the ozone layer. It has done its job well over the past three decades. The ozone layer is on the road to recovery, Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.
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Don't need lessons from worst abuser of human rights: India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC
India | Sep 16, 2021, 07:47 AM ISTAt the 48th session of the human rights council, India said Pakistan has been globally recognised as a country openly supporting, training, financing and arming terrorists including UN proscribed terrorists as a matter of state policy.
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UN says USD 1.2 billion pledged to help Afghans in need
World | Sep 14, 2021, 07:41 AM ISTUnder secretary-General Martin Griffiths announced the total in pledges at the closing of a high-level ministerial meeting in Geneva on Monday.
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Food, job insecurity now primary concerns in Afghanistan: UN
World | Sep 11, 2021, 01:15 PM ISTAfghanistan has also witnessed drought this year, which led to a 40 per cent decline in domestic food production.
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MP's Ladhpura Khas village nominated for UNWTO award
India | Sep 11, 2021, 09:58 AM IST'Rural Tourism' provides an opportunity to the local people to know about the interest and needs of tourists while maintaining the importance of local culture and tradition.
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A sombre day seared in minds of millions of people: UN chief on 9/11 anniversary
World | Sep 11, 2021, 09:21 AM ISTThe attacks, which were planned by al-Qaeda from Afghanistan, saw four US passenger jets seized by suicide attackers - two of which were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
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United Nations raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists
World | Sep 11, 2021, 07:13 AM ISTTagi Daryabi said he and a colleague were covering a protest earlier this week by women demanding their rights from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.
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UNSC adopts resolution on peacekeeping transitions
World | Sep 10, 2021, 01:38 PM ISTIt further emphasizes that in order to be sustainable, the transition planning process should take into account broad challenges, including risks to stability, governance, and the rule of law, as well as the political, economic, development, humanitarian, and human rights context.
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UN Women chief asks Taliban to respect rights of Afghan women
World | Sep 10, 2021, 08:04 AM IST"Women have a right to peaceful protest and to a life free of violence. In taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities assume a duty to respect and protect these rights," Xinhua news agency quoted Pramila Patten, officer-in-charge of UN Women, as saying.
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Need to allow money to flow into Afghanistan: UN envoy Deborah Lyons
World | Sep 10, 2021, 07:21 AM ISTAssets and donor funds worth billions of dollars have been frozen by members of the international community. The understandable purpose is to deny these funds to the de facto Taliban administration, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Meenakashi Lekhi, UN Deputy Secretary-General discuss regional issues
India | Sep 09, 2021, 11:07 AM ISTLekhi, who is in New York, met Mohd and tweeted: "We discussed multilateral and regional issues. Had fruitful exchange of views on Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Covid-19 response and UN reforms."
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Taliban omits Ministry for Women, United Nations body says it's a violation of international treaty
India | Sep 09, 2021, 08:48 AM IST"I reaffirm my call on the Taliban leadership to fully comply with its legally binding obligations under international treaties to which Afghanistan is party as well as with relevant constitutional provisions," Patten said.
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United Nations appeals for $606M to aid Afghans for rest of year
World | Sep 08, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTThe money aims to assist 11 million people with critically needed food and “livelihood assistance,” including 2 million people not covered in the original appeal.
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Pakistan continues to foment culture of violence at home, across its borders: India at UN
World | Sep 08, 2021, 01:25 PM ISTIndia's strong response came after Islamabad's envoy to the UN Munir Akram raked up the issue of J&K and spoke about late pro-Pak leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in his remarks in the General Assembly hall that focussed almost entirely on India and not on the forum's theme.
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Their work has never been more important: Blinken praises UN's community response to Afghan crisis
World | Sep 08, 2021, 06:41 AM ISTMeanwhile, the Taliban have also committed to cooperate with the humanitarian community to ensure assistance is delivered to the people of Afghanistan, said a statement from the UN.
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Taliban pledge for safety, security of humanitarian staff, assistance to Afghans: UN official
World | Sep 06, 2021, 11:45 AM ISTTaliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted that Baradar and his delegation met Griffiths at the foreign Ministry in Kabul.
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UN calls for urgent protection of journalists at risk of persecution in Afghanistan
World | Sep 04, 2021, 06:27 AM ISTThe UN experts have called on the Council to uphold its own commitment and do more to address the growing threat to the safety of journalists in the country, reported United Nations Human Rights Special Procedures.
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No evidence to verify whether Pakistan brought fighters to support Taliban in Afghanistan: Pentagon
World | Sep 03, 2021, 06:50 AM ISTA key Congressional committee has unanimously adopted an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act seeking a report from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
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Afghanistan crisis: France, Britain to propose 'safe zone' in Kabul at United Nations meet tomorrow
World | Aug 29, 2021, 06:51 PM ISTThe French leader, currently in Iraq, said Sunday that Paris and London would propose at a Security Council meeting on the crisis in Afghanistan a resolution “aimed at defining a safe zone in Kabul under U.N. control.”