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UN experts say 'terrorist groups' enjoy freedom in Afghanistan
In the wide-ranging report, the experts also said extremists linked to both al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are successfully advancing in Africa
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UN experts say North Korea stealing millions in cyber attacks
The panel of experts said that according to an unnamed government, North Korean cyber-actors stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from at least three cryptocurrency exchanges
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Afghan aid will continue despite political obstacles, says UN
According to humanitarian organisations, around $4.4 billion is needed to provide aid to the 24 million vulnerable people in the total 36 million population, TOLO News reported.
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UN chief expects China to allow credible visit by human rights chief
Guterres, who was in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the games.
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UN experts: North Korea seeks to produce material for nukes
The experts said North Korea continued to seek material, technology and know-how for these programmes overseas, including through cyber means and joint scientific research.
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UN Staff Union: 24 peacekeepers, 1 civilian killed in 2021
Last year's death toll compares to 15 killings in 2020, 28 in 2019, 34 in 2018 and 71 in 2017.
Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
The United States remains the single largest humanitarian aid donor to Afghanistan
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UN calls for halt to Myanmar violence, return to democracy
The UN's most powerful body also reiterated its call for the release of all those who remain arbitrarily detained, including Aung San Suu Kyi
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UN chief Guterres condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launch
North Korea confirmed the test-firing of the Hwasong-12 type missile on Sunday -- the latest in a series of its missile launches over the month
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns North Korea's missile launch
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned the latest launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile by North Korea as a clear violation of UNSC resolutions.
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WFP needs $2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
World Food Programme on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of $2.6 bn to boost ops for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter worsens the situation.
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US asks UN to meet on North Korea missile that can reach US
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Sunday's launch, saying it broke the North's announced moratorium on such launches
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Voices of people in Myanmar must be 'heard and amplified', says UN chief
As Myanmar nears first anniversary of military coup that saw the arrest of Suu Kyi and her civilian govt dissolved, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he stands in "solidarity with the people"
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UN chief urges major Afghan aid increase, unfreezing assets
Time is of the essence, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council. Without action, lives will be lost, and despair and extremism will grow.
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UN yet to agree on definition of terrorism, craft coherent policy: India
We have failed ourselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding a comprehensive convention against international terrorism: Second Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN
Iran regains UN assembly voting rights after assets unfrozen
That leaves only two countries -- Venezuela and Papua New Guinea -- without the right to vote in the General Assembly.
India pays $29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for 2022
India has paid USD 29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for the year 2022
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Iran pays delinquent UN membership fee with funds frozen in S Korea
Iran has paid its dues to the UN with the country's funds frozen in South Korea in a move to immediately restore its voting power, Seoul's Finance Ministry said
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WFP, Odisha to work together for resilient food security, women empowerment
UN's World Food Programme (WFP) hoisted a multi-stakeholder interactive and consultation session on food security in Odisha on digital mode
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World worse now due to Covid pandemic, climate, conflict: UN chief
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions
