Tag: United Nations
UN Chief Terms COVID-19 As Game-changer For International Peace, Security
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security.....
India Walks Out Of UN General Assembly Hall Protesting Imran Khan's Diatribe
The Indian delegate at the United Nations General Assembly session on Friday walked out in protest when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began attacking India in his speech at the high-level meeting. ....
India Calls Out Pakistan's 'Pavlovian' Behaviour At United Nations
India's Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti has called out Pakistan's "Pavlovian" response at the world body whenever India is mentioned, making it bring up its perceived grievances whatever matter is under discussion. ....
BioNTech CEO Recounts Origin Story Of Covid Vaccine
Scientists from BioNTech and Astra Zeneca which are at the bleeding edge of coronavirus vaccine development revealed little known details of the origin stories of their frantic race that began early this year, at a United Nations Covid-19 summit on Friday. ....
5 Million Yemenis One Step Away From Famine In 2021: UN
In a warning, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year". ....
India Has World's Largest Diaspora: United Nations
India has the world's largest diaspora with about 18 million people born there now living abroad, according to John Wilmoth, the director of India has world's largest diaspora: United Nations' Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. ....
US President Biden Appoints 2 Indian Americans To Leadership Posts At US Mission To UN
President Joe Biden appointed two Indian Americans, Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur, to the leadership team of the US mission to the UN on Tuesday. ....
UNICEF Chief Henrietta Fore Decides To Resign After Nearly Four Years In Job
Henrietta Fore, executive director of UN Children's Fund (Unicef), has informed the UN secretary-general of her intention to resign, "to devote herself to a family health issue," the United Nations announced on Tuesday. ....
China First Nation To Hope Taliban Will Respect Peace
Several countries led by the UK have asked the world community not to bilaterally recognise the Taliban in Afghanistan, but China has done everything short of saying that it is a friendly force. ....
Indian Muslims Must Reject 'Islamic Emirate' In Afghanistan: IMSD
The Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) has said that it rejects the very idea of a theocratic state anywhere in the world. ....
