New York: UN officials have marked World Radio Day by calling for harnessing the enduring power of this vital medium to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and to amplify the voice of women over
Rome: The Italian government said Tuesday it has petitioned the United Nations over the case of two Italian marines accused of murder in India while awaiting charges for two years.Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said Italy
Moscow: The UN's decision to withdraw Iran's invitation to the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis was a mistake, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday."The interests of the cause essentially require the representation
United Nations: India has written a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon informing him of senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade's transfer as Counsellor to the Indian mission here and requested that she be accorded the same
Washington: The transfer of diplomat Devyani Khobragade to India's Permanent Mission at the United Nations would grant her full-diplomatic immunity temporarily and protect her from any arrest in the US, but the visa fraud case
United Nations : Three Indian peacekeepers were killed when attackers stormed a United Nations base in South Sudan where civilians had taken refuge, as violence and unrest continued unabated in the the world's newest country.
Geneva: A U.N. spokeswoman says organizers are weighing moving part of January's Syria peace conference to the other end of Lake Geneva because of insufficient hotel rooms in Geneva itself.Corinne Momal-Vanian says Montreux—the swank home
United Nations : The UN agriculture agency has called for assistance for Philippine farmers in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, a UN spokesperson here said.The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) cautioned that " immediate
Geneva: The United Nations said Monday that Syria's government and opposition will hold their first-ever peace talks in Geneva on Jan. 22, in an attempt to halt the nearly three-year-old civil war that has killed
Dubai: Iran agreed on Monday to offer more information and expanded access to U.N. nuclear inspectors—including more openings at a planned reactor and uranium site—even as America's top diplomat said Iranian envoys had backed away
United Nations: United Nations, Nov 9 (IANS) Over 62,000 asylum seekers, refugees and migrants arrived in Yemen from the Horn of Africa in the first 10 months of this year, a UN spokesperson said on
Male: A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential elections.The visit by Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco
United Nations: A top UN official said that clashes among an estimated 2,000 armed opposition groups in Syria have made it much harder for the international humanitarian relief workers to work in the war-torn country."Some
United Nations : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is delivering more aid across Syria in preparation for winter as the country is witnessing a 30-month conflict, a UN spokesperson said."Among other locations, last week, the
United Nations : North Korea Tuesday called for closing down the "UN Command" on the Korean Peninsula, saying it serves the "US military strategy" by "abusing the name of the United Nations".The statement came as
United Nations: Making a strong case for the reform of the UN Security Council to reflect current political realities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said global peace and security issues must be handled through multilateral
United Nations : In a rare admission of “systemic failure” of the UN, its chief has said the world body had failed during the final stages of Sri Lanka's ethnic war in 2009 that saw
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday ordered the Israeli delegation to boycott Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at the UN General Assembly."The country's policies toward Israel have not changed" despite Iran electing a
United Nations : The UN and its partners Monday called for immediate support for northern Mali, where three out of four households do not have enough to eat and are heavily dependent on food assistance.An
United Nations: The UN humanitarian office is ready to assist Mexico if needed after nearly 100 people died in the wake of recent storms in the Latin American country, the UN spokesperson's office said here
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