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UN chief invokes rarely-used power on Gaza

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has invoked a rarely-used article in the United Nations Charter to appeal to the Security Council for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and......

United Nations in need of reform: Annan

Stressing on the need for fundamental reforms in the United Nations to meet new multiple challenges, including terrorism, poverty, disease and climate change, Secretary General Kofi Annan has......

A guide to how the United Nations works

Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday complimented Chinmaya R Gharekhan, India's former permanent representative to the United Nations, for his book on the organisation. "I am happy that finally......

Former UN chief Kofi Annan passes away

Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world's top diplomat. IMAGE: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on April 27, 2005.......

READ: Anna Hazare's letter to the PM

Warm Greetings, In 2003, the then Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi A Annan, during the "UN Convention Against Corruption" noted, "Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide......

Montek to address investors in NY on July 1, 2

Deputy chirman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who is in Washington to attend World Bank meetings, will be addressing investors in New York on July 1 and 2. The meetings with......

Annan asks rich nations to hike aid

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the rich nations to keep their promises to increase the official development aid to 0.7 per cent of the GDP and expand debt relief to help the......

Corruption hurting economic growth: Kofi Annan

Battle against corruption is going beyond the local realms with the United Nations launching a frontal attack against the "insidious menace" terming it as a progenitor of poverty, terrorism and......

Charges against Rajat Gupta: The inside story!

When Rajat K Gupta was appointed managing director worldwide of McKinsey & Company in 1994, former partner at McKinsey and best-selling management guru Tom Peters said, 'He is the best thing to......

Mukesh Ambani on WEF Foundation Board

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani has been elected to the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. Another person on Indian origin, PepsiCo chairman and chief......

Oxford United's Siddiqi to turn out for Real Kashmir FC

IMAGE: Kashif Siddiqi has been loaned to the club by the UK-based Oxford United. Photograph: Oxford United FC/Twitter Real Kashmir Football Club will have a new face during this year's......

Who will take charge of FIFA? Kofi Annan or Platini

Campaigners call for Kofi Annan to take charge of FIFA reform Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images A group campaigning for reform of world......

'Moral victors' Ghana get $20,000 cash bonus

Ghana's national soccer team won a $20,000 cash bonus per player on Tuesday and were hailed moral victors by former UN chief and countryman Kofi Annan after losing out on a World Cup semi-final......

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