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Extremely grateful for India's 200,000 Covid vaccines for peacekeepers: UN

The 200,000 doses essentially mean that it will be possible to administer the required double doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all UN peacekeepers across missions

Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received Covid-19 vaccine dose

While addressing a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council, Guterres said that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine

UN chief urges G20 nations to prepare 'Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan'

At this critical moment, vaccine equity is the biggest moral test facing the global community, he said. "We must ensure that everybody, everywhere, can be vaccinated as soon as possible"

United Nations says it will ask UAE about Princess Latifa's detention

Latifa has accused her father of holding her hostage in Dubai since she tried to flee the city in 2018

India, Russia agree to work closely on key issues at UN Security Council

It said the Indian delegation at the director general-level meeting briefed the Russian side on India''s priorities during its UNSC tenure

United Nations gets airlines to deliver Covid-19 vaccines as a priority

The United Nations children's agency launched an initiative Tuesday to get airlines to give priority to delivering coronavirus vaccines

United Nations expert fears violence with troops sent to Myanmar city

UN rapporteur Tom Andrews said he had received reports of soldiers being transported into Yangon, the biggest city, from outlying regions

Myanmar: UN urges influencing people to prevent military from using force

"I fear that Wednesday has the potential for violence on a greater scale in Myanmar than we have seen since the illegal takeover of the government on February 1," Andrews said on Tuesday evening

Siddharth Chatterjee of India takes over as top UN diplomat in China

Senior UN official Siddharth Chatterjee of India has formally taken over as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China

Indian-origin Preeti Sinha to lead United Nations Capital Development Fund

Sinha commenced her tenure as UNCDF Executive Secretary, the highest leadership rank in the institution, on Monday

UN approves AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

WHO has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency's partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide

Explained: UN vaccine plan for poor countries, Covax, nears roll-out

It's nearly launch time for COVAX, the United Nations' unprecedented program to deploy COVID-19 vaccines for hundreds of millions in need around the globe

Indian-origin worker at UN announces her candidacy for Secretary-General

A 34-year-old Indian-origin employee at the UN has announced that she is running to be its next Secretary General

Indian-origin employee at UN announces her candidacy for Secretary-General

An Indian-origin employee at the UN has announced her candidacy to be its next Secretary-General, the first person to throw her hat in the ring against incumbent Antonio Guterres

Three wounded in Myanmar as hundreds of thousands of protesters defy junta

The United Nations human rights office said more than 350 people, including officials, activists and monks, have been arrested in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup

Guterres appreciates critically important partnership between US, UN

The Secretary-General particularly welcomed the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement, re-engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council

Threat to international peace, security from Islamic State spike again: UN

Via a video conference, the UN official flagged that the terror group has maintained the ability to move and operate, including across porous borders

28 UN peacekeepers injured in a 'deadliest' attack in central Mali

Just so far this year, five peacekeepers have been killed and 46 injured by hostile acts in the violence-plagued West African nation, he said

UN experts: North Korea using cyber attacks to update nukes

In its weapons development, the experts said, Kim Jong Un's govt has also produced fissile material - an essential ingredient for producing nuclear weapons - and maintained its nuclear facilities

Myanmar coup: UN chief reaches out to Asian leaders for collective action

Myanmar''s military last week toppled the government and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi