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Palestine to get $100 million monthly "financial safety net" from Arab states

December 13, 2012

Arab states have offered the Palestinian Authority a $100 million monthly "financial safety net" to aid Palestinian government tackle an economic crisis after the United Nations granted de facto statehood to Palestine. Reacting to the UN approval to Palestine as ..

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No curb in Internet freedom: UN telecom head Hamadoun Toure

December 8, 2012

UN telecom body (International Telecommunication  Union, ITU) head Hamadoun Toure held that internet freedom will not be regulated or curbed. He clarified this in the recently held World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai. The objective behind WCIT-12 was ..

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United Nations not to control Internet Freedom

December 5, 2012

World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from December 3-14, 2012.  UN telecommunications body has clarified that the freedom of the  Internet will not be controlled. It was declared in the World Conference on International Telecommunications ..

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UN Panel passes North Korea Resolution

December 2, 2012

The Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee (also referred as Third Committee of the UN General assembly) of United Nations overseeing human rights issues, passed a resolution on North Korea with consensus. The committee asked North Korea to solve the abduction ..

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India votes against UN resolution banning death penalty

November 22, 2012

At the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with social and humanitarian issues, India voted against the UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty. 110 nations voted in favour of the resolution while 36 abstained ..

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United Nations declares November 10 as 'Malala Day'

November 12, 2012

UN has declared November 10 as ‘Malala Day’ in honor of  Ms Malala Yousafzai. Who is Malala Yousafzai? https://www.gktoday.in/current-affairs/2012/10/persons-in-news-malala-yousafzai-2318/

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Nepal elected to UN ECOSOC board

November 11, 2012

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Nepal along with 17 other countries were elected board members of ECOSOC by the UN General Assembly for a three-year term starting in January 2013. ECOSOC is a 54 member body and is ..

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“Ocean-grabbing” a danger to world’s fisheries: UN

November 1, 2012

As per a UN expert on right to food, ‘Ocean-grabbing’ is as serious a threat as ‘land-grabbing’.  What is “Ocean-grabbing”? An aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets. How and to whom is it threatening? Ocean grabbing is mainly concerned with ..

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Five New Non-Permanent Member Countries on UNSC

October 21, 2012

The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council. The New Members are:     1. South Korea 2. Luxembourg 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. Rwanda The newly elected member countries will have 2-year term in UN body ..

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