Where is UN in fight against pandemic? asks PM Modi
News | September 26, 2020 20:44 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi questioned United Nations over his role in the fight against the global pandemic COVID-19.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioned United Nations over his role in the fight against the global pandemic COVID-19.
Kerala bagged a United Nations award on Thursday for its "outstanding contribution" towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals. The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award this year on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases was announced by World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged joint efforts to address the infodemic, mitigating the harm done to people by misinformation and disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Impacted by disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, India's economy is forecast to contract by 5.9 per cent in 2020, the UN has said in a report, warning that while growth will rebound next year, the contraction is likely to translate into a permanent income loss.
In a significant victory, India got elected as Member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the principal global body focussed on gender equality and women empowerment, beating China in a hotly-contested election.
India has now become a member of the United Nation's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The development was confirmed by TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations.
The diplomatic strength at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (PMI) is being enhanced as India readies to sit in the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member beginning January 1, 2021.
The United Nations will not use the ‘new’ map that is being issued by the KP Sharma Oli-led Nepal government. As per the new map that Nepal is reportedly sending to India and the rest of the world, several Indian territories have been shown under Nepal sovereign boundary.
It is widely known that Pakistani state shelters terrorists and terrorist organisations. This makes Pakistani region fountainhead of global terrorism. Not only there are a terrorist organisations set up in Pakistan, but Pakistani terrorists also head terror outfits in other countries.
PM Modi will deliver keynote address virtually at Valedictory of High-Level Segment of UN ECOSOC on 17 July in New York, on eve of 75th anniversary of UN. It'll be the 1st speech of PM at UN after India’s Security Council win.
A United Nations official was filmed with an alleged sex worker, conducting sexual acts in the backseat of a UN car in Israel’s Tel Aviv. A video of the man, allegedly a UN delegation member has taken the internet by a storm.
The India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti informed on June 18 that the United Nations member States elected India for non-permanent seat in the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support.
India has been successfully elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a two-year-term. India reportedly got 184 votes out of the 193 member UN general assembly. Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections held Wednesday.
The UN has verified over 25,000 grave violations against children in armed conflict last year, according to an annual report. The overall number of grave violations remains similar to the number reported in 2018 and represents some 70 violations per day
Ravaged by the civil war, several humanitarian agencies warned that Yemen's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse and the population faces a risk of famine as the country struggles with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Major Suman Gawani and Brazilian Naval Officer Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo will receive the award during an online ceremony presided over by United Nations Secretary-General Guterres on May 29, the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
The UN on Thursday launched an initiative called "Verified" to counter COVID-19 misinformation by increasing the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information.
Warning that the COVID-19 crisis is increasing “psychological suffering", UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for an ambitious commitments from countries to address mental health issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic, amid a potential global spike in suicides and drug abuse.
On education, the report by the United Nations said 188 countries have imposed countrywide school closures, affecting more than 1.5 billion children and young people and it said nearly 369 million children in 143 countries who rely on school meals for daily nutrition must now look to other sources.
A United Nations spokesman said that as of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the entire UN system across the world, including three deaths.
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