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Australia donates $15 mn to UN's emergency food fund for Sri Lanka

The Australian funding will help WFP provide critical assistance to the most at-risk Sri Lankans, including pregnant and breastfeeding women and school children

Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj to become India's Permanent Representative to UN

Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was on Tuesday appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as India's envoy to Bhutan. She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN. Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a brief statement.

India warns against ignoring hate aimed at Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism

Rejecting OIC's criticism as "divisive," India has said that efforts to combat religiophobia will not succeed if the rising hatred against Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism is ignored

Kashmiri Pandits organisation asks UN to declare Pak a 'terrorist country'

The Kashmiri Pandit United Front (KPUF) urged the UN to declare Pakistan as a "terrorist country" alleging that the neighbouring country continued to sponsor terrorism in Kashmir Valley

At UN, India condemns 'cowardly attack' on Sikh temple in Afghan's Kabul

India condemned in the strongest terms the recent "cowardly attack" at the Sikh temple in Kabul and said it's time that the UN Member States condemned hatred against non-Abrahamic religions as well

India doesn't need 'selective outrage' from outsiders: Ambassador at UN

India promotes tolerance and inclusion, and deals with any aberration within the legal framework, country's envoy said, asserting that the country does not need "selective outrage" from outsiders

There cannot be 'double standards' on religiophobia, says India at UN

India's representative to the UN Ambassador Tirumurti said that India is the greatest victim of terrorism. "It is underlying strength that has withstood radicalisation over time'', he said

Nearly 5 mn in India displaced due to climate change, disasters in 2021: UN

Nearly five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021, the United Nations has said in a report

It hurts to be intolerant

India's engagement with the world is now coloured by what it is doing internally

LinkedIn, UN Women join hands to create employment opportunities for women

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, on Wednesday said it will invest USD 5,00,000 (Rs 3.88 crore) in partnership with UN Women to advance women's economic empowerment

Governments' inaction on climate is 'dangerous': UN chief Guterres

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of a dangerous disconnect between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it

WTO MC12: India seeks a carve out to export foodgrains to poor countries

India proposes that we carve out an exemption for govt-to-govt purchases between countries so that we can support countries in distress, particularly during some humanitarian crisis, said Goyal

Bachelet not to seek second term as UN human rights chief after criticism

Bachelet made comments in her opening address to the latest session of the UN-backed Human Rights Council, saying that her comments to the session will be last which I brief the 47-member-state body

UN official to discuss and resolve Afghan refugee crisis with Taliban

A visiting UN official will meet leaders of the Taliban-led government and discuss ways to resolve the Afghan refugee crisis and establish grounds for their return

18.4 mn people experiencing acute food insecurity in Horn of Africa: UN

At least 18.4 mn people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across the three Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the UNOCHA says

WFP blanket exemptions concern for domestic food security, says India

India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN's World Food Programme (WFP)

Top UN food programme official to visit Sri Lanka amid looming food crisis

The top official of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is planning to visit Sri Lanka on the invitation of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe at a time when Lanka is fighting food shortage.

17 countries elected into UN Economic and Social Council for 3-year term

Seventeen states were elected Friday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term.The states were elected by secret ballot with a two-thirds majority of the member states present and voting in the UN General Assembly.Elected were Botswana, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea from African states; China, Laos, Qatar, South Korea from Asia-Pacific states; Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica from Latin America and Caribbean states; Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Sweden from Western European and other states; Slovakia and Slovenia from Eastern European states.They were elected for a three-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023.Of the 17 states, Botswana, China, Colombia, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand and South Korea were re-elected.In a by-election for rotation within the Western European and other states group, Liechtenstein was elected for a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023. It will ...

Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief Guterres' Envoy on Technology

Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill has been appointed by United Nations chief as his Envoy on Technology, with the world body describing him as a "thought leader on digital technology"

Russia-Ukraine war could push 11-19 mn into hunger worldwide: UN agency

Russia's war in Ukraine has a significant impact on the global food markets and could leave an additional 11 to 19 million people with hunger, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization warned