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India elected unopposed to non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council

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India received overwhelming support as it was elected unopposed as one of the non-permanent members of the UNSC after winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. The minimum requirement to get elected was 128 votes.
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UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs funding Palestinian Jihadists under the garb of Coronavirus aid: Report

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NGO Monitor noted that the United Nations (UN) had resorted to 'anti-Israel advocacy' instead of contributing to the humanitarian crisis.
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan elected as WHO Executive Board chairman, to take charge on May 22

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Dr Harsh Vardhan will now be required to chair the Executive Board's meetings and also will work closely with Director-General Tedros Adhanom, who is facing a lot of heat for mismanaging the coronavirus crisis.
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After deleting nearly 4,000 names from terror watchlist, Pakistan govt tells UNSC panel it cannot act against terrorists due to ‘lack of information’

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Pakistan tells UNSC panel it does not have sufficient information on 130 Pakistani nationals on UNSC sanctions list
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Read what US Congress lawmaker George Holding said lauding India for supplying Hydroxychloroquine, other vital supplies to US

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India is in the process of supplying hydroxychloroquine to 55 coronavirus-hit countries on humanitarian grounds as well as commercially
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Extremists exploiting lockdown during the Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic to recruit youth online: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that extremists are trying to exploit the 'anger and despair' caused by the economic crisis to increase their strength.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres salutes India for helping over 55 coronavirus-hit countries by sending Hydroxychloroquine and other aids

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In addition to Hydroxychloroquine, India has sent its military health professionals to Kuwait and Maldives
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WHO admits “error” after its situation report claimed that India has cases of “community transmission” of Coronavirus: Report

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WHO has admitted that they confused India's "cluster of Coronavirus cases" with that of "community transmission."
Politics

Coronavirus pandemic: Former US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley calls for investigation into the relationship between WHO and China

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Nikki Haley has said that the relationship between China and WHO was a threat to the sovereignty of the USA
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United Nations Secretary-General terms COVID-19 as ‘worst crisis’ in 75 years of UN history, equates the pandemic to World War II

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UN Secretary General said Covid-19 pandemic can lead to a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.
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