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World counts on India to mobilise credible actions to deliver on 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement’: UN chief

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World counts on India to mobilise credible actions to deliver on 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement’: UN chief As India assumes the presidency of the G20, the world counts on it to mobilise credible actions to deliver on the 2030 Development Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday. As India assumes the presidency of the G20, the world counts on it to mobilise credible actions to deliver on the 2030 Development Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday. In…

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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres calls Pakistan floods a ‘climate carnage’

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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres calls Pakistan floods a ‘climate carnage’ United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the flood disaster in Pakistan as “climate carnage” and called for massive and immediate international aid. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the flood disaster in Pakistan as “climate carnage” and called for massive and immediate international aid. Guterres made the comments on Saturday, the second day of his two-day visit to Pakistan, which has been devastated by months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding. At least 1,396 people have been…

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UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new human rights chief

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UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new human rights chief The UN General Assembly has approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence to universal rights at a time when the office is under harsh criticism from China for accusing Beijing of abusing Muslim minorities. The UN General Assembly has approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence to universal rights at a time when the office is under harsh…

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Security Council approves new head of UN mission in Libya

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Security Council approves new head of UN mission in Libya LibyaSecurity Council approves new head of UN mission in Libya UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council on Friday approved former Senegalese minister and U.N. diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily as the new U.N. envoy to Libya, ending a nine-month search amid increasing chaos in the oil-rich north African nation. The vote came a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had nominated Bathily. Libya’s transitional government, which opposed Bathily’s nomination, reportedly sent a protest letter to Guterres, which raises questions about how effective…

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UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China’s Xinjiang

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China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in recent years.

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