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Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Ce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): Enforced disappearances continue to be a significant political issue in Central and South Asia and the recent UN report on China is a great example as it highlights that Beijing has systematically disappeared ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and other h
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Ebola outbreak reported in Uganda, WHO says "in close contact to provide r
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation on Tuesday said that it is in close contact with the Ministry of Health Uganda to provide a rapid response after it confirmed the outbreak of case Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Central Region of the country.
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Baloch rights group highlights enforced disappearances in Balochistan thro
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, an NGO based in Paris, organised a three-day poster manifestation to highlight a three-fold increase in enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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World Patient Safety Day: WHO's Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh calls for addres
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 17 (ANI): World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Saturday called for addressing unsafe medication practices and medication errors on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day.
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51st session of UNHRC: Baloch rights group to organize 3-day exhibition on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 15 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, NGO based in Paris, France is organizing a three-day banner and poster exhibition about the enforced disappearances in Balochistan from September 19th to 21st 2022 in front of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the occasion
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COVID deaths lowest since March 2020, end of pandemic in sight: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday said that the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 last week plunged to its lowest since March 2020 and added that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
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India hits out at Pakistan over remarks at UNHRC, slams 'unwarranted refe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan "for once again abusing" the United Nations Human Rights Council platform for peddling its "malicious propaganda", India has urged the Council to ask Islamabad to take credible steps to end its state-sponsored terrorism and dismantl
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First patient enrolled in Erectile Dysfunction prospective randomized stud
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): An 82-year-old Taiwanese man has become the first patient to be enrolled in the initial Erectile Dysfunction (ED) randomized clinical trial (RCT) involving SELUTION SLR™, MedAlliance's novel sirolimus-eluting balloon.
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China must address human rights violations, world must not turn a blind ey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 7 (ANI): Independent UN experts said on Wednesday that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the in
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Sri Lanka: UN report urges progress on institutional, security reforms
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urged on Tuesday, calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations.
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UN expresses concern over food security as Pak floods threaten Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 3 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday expressed concern over the worsening flood situation in Pakistan as it will threaten the food supply to crisis-ridden Afghanistan.
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UN chief urges China to follow Xinjiang report recommendations
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 2 (ANI): United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres urged China to follow the recommendations of a UN report that found credible allegations of torture and forced labour in Xinjiang province.
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