India abstains on UNSC resolution on exempting humanitarian aid efforts from sanctions
India | December 10, 2022 7:05 ISTThe resolution is also intended to ensure much-needed predictability and safeguards for humanitarian agencies.
The resolution is also intended to ensure much-needed predictability and safeguards for humanitarian agencies.
Jahangirpuri violence case: The Public Prosecutor for the state has submitted that though the medical documents, as well as the date of expected delivery, are verified and found to be correct, they were opposing the present application as Rasool has been booked for serious offences of rioting, etc.
On Thursday, India announced that a technical team has been deployed to the Embassy in Kabul to coordinate the efforts of stakeholders for the delivery of humanitarian aid.
US president Joe Biden said it was urgent that Congress approve the next Ukraine assistance package to avoid any interruption in military supplies being sent to help fight the war, with a crucial deadline coming in 10 days.
The resolution was unanimously passed by the house, including the opposition AIADMK and the BJP.
India had sent a proposal to Islamabad on October 7 seeking the transit facility to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat to the people of Afghanistan via Pakistan. It received a positive response on November 24. Following this, both sides were in touch to finalise the modalities for the transportation of the shipment.
UNHCR has assisted some 7,00,000 displaced people across the country in 2021, the majority since mid-Aug. Every week, the agency is helping nearly 60,000 people, according to the statement.
Pakistan last week formally informed India about its decision to allow the transportation of wheat and life saving drugs to neighbouring Afghanistan through its territory on an "exceptional basis for humanitarian purposes".
"This funding provides support directly to some of the oevr 18 mn vulnerable Afghans in need in the region, including Afghan refugees in neighbouring countries," Tony Blinken said.
Meanwhile, Paris and London will call on Monday for the creation of a "safe zone" in Kabul, which is expected to allow the continuation of humanitarian operations, Emmanuel Macron said.
Heavy rains and flooding in Yemen have affected at least 28,000 people, according to initial estimates.
Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief R K S Bhadauria on Friday met Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur and reassured him of the service's commitment to humanitarian assistance tasks in the union territory.
The humanitarian ship "Ocean Viking" reported on Saturday that it has rescued 50 migrants who were crammed into a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea, adding to another 112 rescued from a deflating rubber vessel a day earlier.
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Paris: French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday his country will send first humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi people mainly Christians besieged by the Islamist fighters.Joining US and British efforts to support
Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes today resumed bombings on Gaza after a five-hour truce ended abruptly with Hamas militants launching rocket attacks despite hectic diplomatic parleys to broker a ceasefire to end the 10 days of conflict
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