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The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity, according to a UN report presented on Monday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Taliban seized power in August 2021, drastically…
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संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार कार्यालय (UN human rights office) ने गुरुवार को साफ कहा कि भारतीय भगोड़े नित्यानंद (Nithyananda) द्वारा स्थापित किए गए तथाकथित ‘यूनाइटेड स्टेट्स ऑफ कैलासा’ (United States of Kailasa-USK) के प्रतिनिधियों के पिछले…
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Observing that the goal is not lost yet, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Simon Stiell on Friday said that there is a need for course correction to keep the 1.5 degrees Celcius goal alive.…
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The death toll from the earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkey and Syria exceeded 41,000 on Friday as the United Nations appealed for $1 billion to address a growing humanitarian crisis. Eleven days after the quake — now one of the…
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World food prices fell in January for a 10th consecutive month, and are now down some 18% from a record high hit last March following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture…
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A delegation led by the highest-ranking woman at the United Nations urged the Taliban during a four-day visit to Afghanistan that ended Friday to reverse their crackdown on women and girls. Some Taliban officials were more open to…
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UN experts on Monday expressed alarm at the reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of underage girls and young women from religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate efforts to curtail the practices and…
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Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. A once-every-four-years scientific assessment found recovery in…
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The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women…
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday condemned the increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan – a week after the Taliban banned university education for women in the country. In a press statement, the UNSC…
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