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Leader in fight against leprosy bags WHO gold medal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has been conferred with the World Health Organisation's gold medal at the Global Partners Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), held in Geneva.
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BRP urges international community to stop Pak from spreading terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 2 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan's act of mutilating bodies of two Indian soldiers, Baloch Republican Party (BRP) representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Abdul Nawaz Bugti has said that this was the wake-up call for India and the world abo
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Refugee Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini appointed youngest UNHCR Goodwill Am
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 28 (ANI): First ever Refugee Olympic Team swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).
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UN Committee concerned over enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 25 (ANI): The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has raised serious concerns over widespread torture, enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in Pakistan.
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Denial of Jadhav's chargesheet is violation of Geneva Convention: Def
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Asserting that it is important to give consular access, Defence Expert P.K. Sehgal on Friday said Pakistan's denial to give statements on alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav is sheer violation of the Geneva Convention, adding that the incident reveals
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Baloch activists join India to condemn Pak over Kulbhushan Jadhav death se
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr. 11 (ANI): Balochistan activists on Tuesday joined India to condemn Pakistan for awarding death sentence to former Indian naval officer and alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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Sixth attack on Shias in Parachinar highlights growing intolerance in Paki
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr. 1 (ANI): The latest attack on a Shia Mosque in Parachinar in Pakistan's North West Tribal region's Khurram agency was the sixth such attack on Shias in this town since 2012 highlighting their worsening plight and other minorities living in Pakistan.
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Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as India's Ambassador and permanent rep
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): Rajiv Kumar Chander on Thursday has been appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva.
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UN urges guarantor states to uphold Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 26 (ANI): United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has sent a letter to the three guarantor states of the Syria cease-fire - Russia, Turkey and Iran - urging them to undertake urgent efforts to uphold the cease-fire regime during the ongoing peace talks in
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Rohingya issue: UN to send fact-finding mission to Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 24 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send an independent international fact-finding mission to Myanmar to investigate alleged human rights violations in the country, against the ethnic Rohingya Muslims in particular.
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Pak sidelined by international community after it interrupts BRP from spea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 23 (ANI): After the Pakistani delegation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) interrupted the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) representatives to speak on the issue of gross human rights violation with the Balochi people due to the construction of the C
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CPEC will reduce Baloch into minority in their own homeland: Noordin Menga
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 17 (ANI): Asserting that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will convert the Baloch people into minorities in their own homeland, Human rights campaigner from Balochistan Noordin Mengal stated that with an influx of outsiders due to the project, the identi
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