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Rule of law in Pakistan is under serious threat: UHNRC High Commissioner
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"One more situation that is of deep concern to me is that in Pakistan, hard-earned gains and the rule of law are at serious risk. I am alarmed by the recent escalation of violence, and by reports of mass arrests carried out under problematic laws, arrests that may amount to arbitrary detenti
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1971 Genocide: Bangladesh seeks apology and acknowledgement
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Even the Pakistani state, after 51 years, has not tendered a formal apology to Bangladesh for the crimes committed by its army. It has not put on trial the 195 war criminals identified by Bangladesh in 1972 as the principal perpetrators.6 On the contrary, one can find the Pakistani state ado
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India has developed its own mechanism for estimating TB burden: Mansukh Ma
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mandaviya was addressing at a Quad Plus side event on tuberculosis during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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National Centre of Meteorology participates in World Meteorological Congre
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jarman, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, delivered a keynote address reiterating the UAE's full support for the Early Warning Systems for All Initiative.
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Union Health Minister Mandaviya to address 76th World Health Assembly in G
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The 76th World Health Assembly is being held from May 21 to 30.
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India showed commitment to international cooperation during crisis: PM Mod
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"The COVID-19 pandemic showed us the need for greater collaboration in healthcare. The pandemic highlighted many gaps in the global health architecture. Building resilience in global systems needs a collective effort," PM Modi said.
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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to attend 76th World Health Assembly in G
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mandaviya will be holding many bilateral meetings with his counterparts from different countries including Singapore, France, and the Netherlands, sources said.
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UAE ratifies agreement on fisheries subsidies at World Trade Organisation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
UAE has deposited the UAE's instrument of ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies adopted by the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in June 2022.
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UAE highlights its humanitarian role and health response to COVID-19 pande
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and international organisations in Geneva, in coordination with the Permanent Committee for Human Rights, organised a symposium on the sidelines of the 43rd session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Huma
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UAE presents labour market legislations to Human Rights Council
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Several UAE federal and local government entities as well as civil society organisations constituted the delegation for the country's fourth Human Rights Report at HRC in Geneva.
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Despite US pressure, Iran continues to engage in "constructive cooperation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, has said that despite political pressure from the United States to its allies, the Islamic Republic's principled stance is to maintain constructive collaboration and contact with the UN Human Rights system, IRNA reported.
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Amid human trafficking horrors, China's claims of gender equality ring hol
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
For the upcoming 85th session of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is to be held in Geneva on Friday, China submitted its report where it boasted about its accomplishments in combating the trafficking of women and girls, but "Cha
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