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Indian envoy discusses LiFE, pro-people planet with Basel, Rotterdam and S
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a post on X, the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva stated, "PR @abagchimea met @brsmeas ES @rolphpayet Discussed strengthening India's engagement with #BRSConventions & global relevance of the #ProPeoplePlanet approach of #MissionLiFE to address challenges of protecting against haz
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India's UN envoy Arindam Bagchi meets IMD delegation; discusses areas of c
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Indian Meteorological Department delegation also briefed Bagchi on the third session of the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) Commission for Observations, Infrastructure, and Information Systems (INFCOM).
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IMD delegation participates in WMO event in Switzerland's Geneva
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Indian delegation shared India's Greenhouse gases (GHGs) monitoring activities to support the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) Initiative.
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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence," the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Thursday.
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UNHRC adopts anti-Israel resolution; Israeli ambassador walks out of sessi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The UNHRC on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip at the end of the 55th Council session.
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Bhumi among five Indians part of World Economic Forum's Young Global Leade
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Bhumi has now been recognised as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. She will be inducted into the prestigious YGL's class of 2024 at Geneva later this year.
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PoK activists stage anti-Pakistan protest outside UN, demand dismantling o
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The protest against human rights violations in Pakistan and its occupied Jammu Kashmir was held during the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
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India's UN envoy in Geneva Arindam Bagchi meets WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom G
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Arindam Bagchi met the Director General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Geneva: Baloch activists at UNHRC highlight "crimes against humanity" comm
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Senior Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), leaders, human rights activists, and press personnel highlighted the severe deterioration of human rights situation in Balochistan and the atrocities inflicted by the Pakistani administration upon the Baloch community.
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Activist raises issue of racial discrimination prevailing in PoK
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
He emphasised that this constitutional racial discrimination by Pakistan's occupying forces blatantly violates the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
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Baloch Human Rights Council seeks UN fact-finding mission to investigate r
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Representing the Baloch Human Rights Concil, Qambar Malik in his address at the event elaborated that in constant violation of national and international laws and its obligations under various UN conventions, Pakistan has been committing heinous crimes against humanity in Balochistan.
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Working together for a healthier, safer world: WHO and IPU renew partnersh
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) today signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU), reaffirming the critical role that parliamentarians play in enabling good health to foster stable and equitable societies.
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