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December 3, 2020

Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on Covid-19

Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen ministers are slated to speak at the UN General Assembly’s special session starting Thursday on the response to Covid-19 and the best path to recovery

UN chief terms COVID-19 as ‘game-changer’ for int’l peace, security

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security. The world has “entered a volatile and unstable new phase” in

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September 3, 2020

India with G-4 serves ultimatum on UN Security Council reforms

United Nations: India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, has served an ultimatum that the supporters of Security Council reforms will be forced to look for other ways to move the process forward

Guterres to appeal for sustainable post-COVID investments

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to renew his call to India and the other G20 countries to channel their COVID-19 recovery investments to clean, sustainable development, according to his Spokesperson

August 27, 2020

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Accused of racism, UN takes down survey asking staff if they are “yellow”

New York: The United Nations has been accused by some of its staff of racism after it issued a survey that included a question asking how they identify themselves, and offered ‘yellow’

August 20, 2020

UN welcomes Israel-UAE ‘peace deal’

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the US-brokered ‘historic peace agreement’ between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), under which Israel will suspend its plans to annex parts of

August 14, 2020

China, India stand very differently at UN: Akbaruddin

Hyderabad: India’s former permanent representative at the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin on Saturday said countries like China and India stand very differently at the UN, in terms of their perspective and approach. Akbaruddin

July 12, 2020

Covid-19 just rising trend of diseases: UN report

New Delhi: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a new UN report warns further outbreaks will emerge unless governments take active measures to prevent

July 7, 2020

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Toddler's picture sitting atop his grandfather's body who was shot dead in Sopore on Wednesday, July 01, 2020. It is yet to be established who clicked the picture as no photojournalist was present at the location

Kashmir toddler’s photo sitting on grandpa’s body compels UN reaction

Srinagar: A day after images of a toddler in Kashmir sitting next to the dead body of his grandfather went viral, the United Nations too reacted albeit cautiously saying those responsible for the

July 2, 2020

Tel Aviv sex scandal: UN probing if act was consensual or involved payment

United Nations: Rattled by a viral video of a sex act in a United Nations vehicle filmed in Tel Aviv Israel, the UN has launched an internal inquiry to know who exactly

June 28, 2020

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Screengrab from the video capturing the act in a UN car in Tel Aviv

Video of sex act in UN car in Israel goes viral, Guterres shocked

United Nations: The UN said that it was “shocked and deeply disturbed” by a footage of an alleged sex act in one of its official cars in Israel. “We are shocked and

June 28, 2020

UN vote today for Security Council seat; India eyeing comfortable victory

United Nations: The 193 members of the UN will vote on Wednesday to elect five non-permanent members to the Security Council and India is assured of a victory having won the unanimous

June 17, 2020

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China calls on US to pay its debts to the United Nations

United States: China on Friday issued a statement calling on all UN member states to “actively fulfill their financial obligations to the United Nations,” stressing that Washington owes the organization more than

May 16, 2020

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