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Chinese research vessel docks in Maldives waters
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 24th Jan. Maldives Government on Tuesday confirmed that it has permitted a Chinese ship to make a port call in Male, but claimed that the vessel would not be conducting any research while in the…
ECOSOC focuses on global work force
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. UN Economic and Social Council on Tuesday opened a special meeting on rapid transformation of the world of work is the focus in Santiago, Chile.
The factors such as emerging…
UNHCR alarmed by rise in Rohingya deaths at sea
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. UN refugee agency on Tuesday called for urgent action to address the dramatic rise in deaths of Rohingya refugees at sea, in a press release issued in New York.
UNHCR noted that the…
UN coordinator in Ukraine deplores Russian air strikes
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Dennis Brown on Tuesday condemned the latest round of Russian air strikes on the two biggest cities in the country, which killed at 7 people and…
WHO voices concern over fighting spreads into Gaza hospitals ‘no way in and out’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. World health agency on Tuesday expressed its deep concern over the heavy fighting in Gaza spreading into hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis, for patients and others seeking…
UN experts urged Iran to halt ‘horrific wave of executions’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. World body on Tuesday underlined its condemnation of capital punishment after Iran's execution of a young man sentenced to death in connection with widespread protests two years ago.…
WHO reports highrisk mission’ delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. World health agency and partners on Tuesday have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, according to après release issued in New York.
WHO said that the…
UNSG says rejection of two-State solution by Israel ‘unacceptable’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Jan. UN Security Council on Tuesday convened a high-level open debate on the situation in the Middle East, chaired by Foreign Minister of France Stéphane Séjourné, the president of the…
UN human rights experts calls Hong Kong for immediate release of activist Jimmy Lai
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Jan. UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in Hong Kong to drop all charges against pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and release him immediately, in a press…
UN reports restrictions on Afghan women ‘unabated’ by Taliban regime
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Jan. UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Monday release a report on the human rights situation in the country revealed that Taliban officials continue to undermine the basic human rights…