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Global Drugs Production At 3,708 Tonnes, 34% Jump From 2022: UN
Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the UN drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the world's fastest-growing.
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Houthi Rebels Take Over Human Rights Offices In Yemen, Says UN
The United Nations said Tuesday their human rights offices in Sanaa had been taken over by Yemen's Houthi rebels, with the UN's rights chief demanding they leave immediately and return all seized assets.
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Indian Official Begins Term As Head Of UN's Disaster Risk Reduction Body
A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's special representative for disaster risk reduction.
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Made In India Navigational App To Be Used At UN Office, Says Minister
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hailed the 'Way Finding Application' - a 'Made in India' navigational application to be used at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and said that the app showcased India's tech capabilities.
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Tsunamis Account For $280 Billion In Economic Losses Over 20 Years: UN
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has sought attention to the significant loss of life and economic losses worth $280 billion associated with tsunamis, notably for countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans, over the last twenty years.
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41 Million Affected By South Asia Flooding, Situation Could Worsen: United Nations
Almost 41 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides in India, Bangladesh and Nepal and there is possibility the situation could deteriorate further as rains continue in some flood- affected areas, a UN agency said.
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Attack On United Nations Office In Colombia Injures Police Officer
A police officer was injured Sunday in an attack on a UN mission monitoring the disarming of FARC rebels in Colombia as part of the group's peace deal with the government, authorities said.
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Mali Seizes $6 Million Of Cannabis On New Drug Route
Malian customs officials have made one of the country's biggest ever drug seizures, impounding 2.1 tonnes of cannabis detected along a new smuggling route that stretches down the west African coast.
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Turkey Urges Syria Ground Operation, UN Prepares Aid Convoys
Turkey called Tuesday for a ground operation with its international allies to end the war in Syria, as the United Nations announced aid convoys are being sent to besieged towns.
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UN Honours Kiren Rijiju as Disaster Risk Reduction Champion
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Tuesday designated union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region.
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Over 90,000 Hit by Somalia Floods: United Nations
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.
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Human Trafficking a Serious Issue: Rajnath Singh
Human trafficking is a border-less organised crime in which more than 1.5 lakh people become victims every year, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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At Least 3 Dead, Thousands Homeless in DR Congo Bushfires
At least three people have been killed and thousands left homeless by bush fires raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and NGO officials said Friday.
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Cholera, Climate Change Fuel Haiti's Humanitarian Crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
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Global Drugs Production At 3,708 Tonnes, 34% Jump From 2022: UN
Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the UN drug agency said on Thursday, with the illicit drug's market the world's fastest-growing.
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Houthi Rebels Take Over Human Rights Offices In Yemen, Says UN
The United Nations said Tuesday their human rights offices in Sanaa had been taken over by Yemen's Houthi rebels, with the UN's rights chief demanding they leave immediately and return all seized assets.
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Indian Official Begins Term As Head Of UN's Disaster Risk Reduction Body
A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's special representative for disaster risk reduction.
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Made In India Navigational App To Be Used At UN Office, Says Minister
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hailed the 'Way Finding Application' - a 'Made in India' navigational application to be used at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and said that the app showcased India's tech capabilities.
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Tsunamis Account For $280 Billion In Economic Losses Over 20 Years: UN
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has sought attention to the significant loss of life and economic losses worth $280 billion associated with tsunamis, notably for countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans, over the last twenty years.
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41 Million Affected By South Asia Flooding, Situation Could Worsen: United Nations
Almost 41 million people have been affected by flooding and landslides in India, Bangladesh and Nepal and there is possibility the situation could deteriorate further as rains continue in some flood- affected areas, a UN agency said.
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Attack On United Nations Office In Colombia Injures Police Officer
A police officer was injured Sunday in an attack on a UN mission monitoring the disarming of FARC rebels in Colombia as part of the group's peace deal with the government, authorities said.
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Mali Seizes $6 Million Of Cannabis On New Drug Route
Malian customs officials have made one of the country's biggest ever drug seizures, impounding 2.1 tonnes of cannabis detected along a new smuggling route that stretches down the west African coast.
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Turkey Urges Syria Ground Operation, UN Prepares Aid Convoys
Turkey called Tuesday for a ground operation with its international allies to end the war in Syria, as the United Nations announced aid convoys are being sent to besieged towns.
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UN Honours Kiren Rijiju as Disaster Risk Reduction Champion
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Tuesday designated union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region.
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Over 90,000 Hit by Somalia Floods: United Nations
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.
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Human Trafficking a Serious Issue: Rajnath Singh
Human trafficking is a border-less organised crime in which more than 1.5 lakh people become victims every year, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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At Least 3 Dead, Thousands Homeless in DR Congo Bushfires
At least three people have been killed and thousands left homeless by bush fires raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and NGO officials said Friday.
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Cholera, Climate Change Fuel Haiti's Humanitarian Crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.
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Cholera Deaths in South Sudan Rise, Thousands at Risk: UN
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said today.
