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South-East Asia should scale up covid vaccination coverage: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): Amid an incessant rise in Covid cases, the World Health Organization called on countries in the South-East Asian region to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination coverage today.
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Shocking toll on children in Myanmar, says UN rights expert
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children caught up in the bloody aftermath of last February's coup, a top independent Human Rights Council-appointed investigator said.
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UN body to hold debate on Afghan women's rights on July 1
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) is set to convene an urgent debate on July 1 to address the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Geneva: NGOs raise concern over rising public debt in developing countries
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): A number of non-government organizations (NGOs) have raised concern over rising public debt among the developing nations and China's debt-trap policy.
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WHO ramps up response in Eastern Africa amid looming health crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it's intensifying its operations to the looming health crisis in eastern Africa amid acute food insecurity.
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COVID-19 cases on rise in 110 countries: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic is changing but it is not over and warned that the cases are rising in 110 nations.
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Emergency nature of monkeypox requires intense response efforts, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that though Monkeypox presently does not amount to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the emergency nature of the event requires intense response efforts.
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Over seven million impacted by June's floods in Bangladesh: IFRC
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 28 (ANI): An international relief agency on Tuesday said that an estimated 7.2 million people have been affected and remained in desperate need of shelter and emergency relief items in northeastern Bangladesh.
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Kashmiris hold anti-Pak protest, call out Islamabad's human rights violati
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 28 (ANI): On the sidelines of the ongoing 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a number of Kashmiri activists, led by the chairman of the United Kashmir People's National Party, Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, demonstrated against Pakista
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Monkeypox presently not a global health emergency: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) after convening a meeting said on Saturday that the Monkeypox presently does not amount to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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UNHRC: Rights activist highlights 'saddened, frightening' situation of bas
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): Dua Kalhoro of World Sindhi Congress on Thursday (local time) highlighted the flawed education system of Pakistan at United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly about the basic education of Sindhi children.
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India-EU event highlights importance of safe drinking water, sanitation fo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): India and EU held a Human Rights Council side event on the importance of access to safe drinking water and sanitation for the realisation of gender equality.
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