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No mercy for Baloch nationalists
Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief
Talks begin to resolve disputed Lebanon-Israel maritime border
Fighting displaces thousands in southern Afghanistan
In the second quarter of 2019, the United Nations received 38 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN personnel, including civilian and uniformed personnel from peacekeeping operations, as well as those from agencies, funds and programmes, according to the latest figures released on Thursday.
The Prime Minister also strongly pitched for Indian human resource to develop Russia’s Far East, which is sparsely populated, and where, he reminded, India was the first contry to open a consulate when Vladivostok was still a closed city, something that testifies to the “high trust that our two countries share”.
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Indian firms have invested over $7 billion in taking stake in Russian oil and gas fields. India ventured into Russia when its flagship overseas firm ONGC Videsh in 2001 acquired a 20 per cent stake in Sakhalin-1 oil and gas field in Far East Russia
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India-Africa relations are being shaped by a world in which multilateralism is facing challenges aroundthe world, unilateralism and protectionist tendencies were rising
The makhalla support socially vulnerable groups of the population, protect motherhood and childhood, develop small business and private entrepreneurship, national handicraft, sanitary and environmental conditions of the territory of makhalla and the execution of the legislation by assembly of citizens.
Photo: Makhalla supported women’s entrepreneurship
President Shavkat Mirzioyev underscored the fact that the democratic processes in Uzbekistan became irreversible and inevitable
It is clear to analysts and observers of the region that after decades of depending and outsourcing its security concerns to its Western allies – primarily the US – the Gulf countries are having a rethink and coming into their own as far as international diplomacy and the security architecture of the region is concerned.
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Thirty eight countries are participating in the international fair, including Russia, China, Iran, the UAE, Indonesia, the Chamber of Commerce of the Sultunate of Oman, and others.
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The Trump administration is seeking out ways to slow down China’s rise as it views it as a threat. India has often acquiesced to US pressures and this can be seen from New Delhi’s increasing reluctance to engage Huawei in ongoing 5G trials which has already upset Beijing.
The UAE Gender Balance Council was established in 2015 as a federal agency dedicated to scaling up the UAE’s efforts to achieve gender balance across all sectors nationwide, as well as in decision-making positions.
Photo: Young Arab leaders