Tag: UN
US travel ban ‘should be removed sooner rather later’ says UN
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres made it clear on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries. As per the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, refugees from all over the world will be prohibited from entering America[Read More…]
US Senate confirms Nikki Haley as UN ambassador
UN says demonetisation is not a long-term threat to India
The UN does not see a demonetisation as a long-term threat to India’s economy. Although it will have a short-term effect due to shrinking consumer spending, as per an official monitoring the global economy. The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects Report released on Tuesday forecasts 7.6 percent growth rate[Read More…]
Historic rejection! Russia ousted from UN Human Rights Council in vote
Russia lost its bid to retain a seat on the UN Human Rights Council amid daily accusations that the country may be guilty of war crimes for its support of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s assault on the city of Aleppo. The 193-member General Assembly on Friday elected 14 countries to[Read More…]
Nearly 500 dead, food running out in Aleppo: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the air strikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo has caused nearly 500 deaths and food rations expected to run out by the end of the month in the city. The air strikes launched on September 22 have been the most sustained and intensive bombardments[Read More…]
At it yet again- China stops terror listing of JeM chief Masood Azhar
Beijing on Saturday blocked India’s bid to get Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar listed as a terrorist by the United Nations for the second time. It said that its technical hold has been “been extended”, two days before its expiry. The Chinese technical hold was set to expire on Monday[Read More…]
Dawood’s addresses in Pakistan confirmed
A UN committee on Tuesday has confirmed that six of the nine places cited by India as addresses of Dawood Ibrahim, proving that the underworld don was hiding in Pakistan. One of the addresses which have been dropped by the UN Security Council’s Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee was found similar[Read More…]