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Death toll in Venezuela earthquakes rises to 589 with almost 3,000 injuredVenezuela grapples with a devastating toll of 589 dead and nearly 3,000 injured following two powerful earthquakes. The hardest-hit state, ...
India calls for national ownership, transparency in UN Development System reformsIndia highlighted the importance of the UN's development pillar. National ownership must be central to global development efforts. Discussi...
What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola as cases outpace responseA rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...
Iran activates air defences as Trump faces congressional deadlineTehran's air defenses were activated late Thursday to counter small aircraft and drones, as the White House signaled it would not be constr...
India launches projects with UN under Global Capacity Building Initiative for Asia, Africa and Caribbean countriesIn a post on social media platform X, MEA stated, "Fostering South-South cooperation to achieve SDG goals. The first phase of four projects...
Preserving records of 'atrocities' by Sheikh Hasina regime critical: Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad YunusChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus urges meticulous preservation of records documenting alleged atrocities under former prime minister Sheikh Has...
Forum set up in 2023 to bridge sustainable development goals data gapsIndia boosted its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. The Ministry of Statistics partnered with NITI Aayog and the UN. They si...
India 'uniquely positioned' to help world bring on track for SDGs: UN officialAs India hosted the first Sherpa meeting under its G20 presidency, the UN Resident Coordinator for India Shombi Sharp said here that the re...
UNGA President Abdulla Shahid to visit India on Aug 28-29During the visit, the President of the General Assembly is expected to meet with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Foreign Secretary Vina...
Siddharth Chatterjee of India takes over as top UN diplomat in ChinaHe will be UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's senior-most UN Representative in China as the UN Resident Coordinator.
View: Indian connection in UN leadership in China; opportunity for collaborationAppointments of such senior UN appointments in any country particularly China calls for a lot of negotiations, and the appointment of Siddh...
UN chief appoints Siddharth Chatterjee as United Nations Resident Coordinator in ChinaResident Coordinators are the UN Secretary-General's representatives for development at the country level. They lead UN teams supporting co...
Aarogya Setu app registers 9 crore downloads: Amitabh Kant"The Aaroygya Setu app has close to 90 million downloads till date & is being regularly updated, with feature like telemedicine being added...
Gita Sabharwal of India appointed UN Resident Coordinator in ThailandThe UN Resident Coordinator is the highest-ranking representative of the UN development system at the country level. Resident Coordinators ...
India contributes $1 million to UN fundThe Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF) is a specific fund housed within the UN Secretaria
India supports UN chief's ambitious plan to overhaul UN development systemWith the reform, the functions of the resident coordinator are now separated from those of the resident representative of the UN Developmen...
Saraswathi Menon among seven experts nominated to review UN peace-building architectureSaraswathi Menon, former Director of the Policy Division in UN Women, will be among the members of the Advisory Group to review peace build...
United Nations Project on protection of ecosystem launchedThe UN organisations would contribute four million US dollar for the project while the state government would spend Rs 1.22 crore, it said.
- Environment degradation threatens development: UN official
UN resident co-ordinator and UNDP resident representative Lise Grande said environmental sustainability is emerging as a major challenge fo...
- 'UN reconstruction projects meaningful to Iraq's recovery'
UN reconstruction projects made a "real and meaningful impact" on Iraq's recovery, an independent report has found.