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Tibetan representative at UN forum highlights ongoing rights situation in
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 8 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva attended the UN forum on minority issues to underline the ongoing human rights situation in Tibet, and called on China to address grievances faced by Tibetans.
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Researchers track neurons that make humans social
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 6 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of Geneva studied the neurobiological mechanisms to find that the motivation to indulge in social interactions is the activation of dopaminergic neurons.
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Tibet Bureau Geneva calls upon China to address underlying grievances of T
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): The Tibet Bureau in Geneva called upon China at the 14th Session of the UN Forum on minority issues to address the underlying grievances of Tibetans by respecting Tibetan people's historical, social and cultural roots.
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UNHRC calls for humanitarian aid for 3.5 million Afghans to avoid starvati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): UN Human Rights Council has appealed to increase humanitarian support to 3.5 million people including 700,000 from 2021 alone who were displaced due to the conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations body said in a statement.
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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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UN committee calls for global alert on bioterrorism in COVID times
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): UN bodies, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Interpol, entrusted with the task of identifying non-state actors involved in bioterrorism, are carefully monitoring the response of terrorists to the effects of the current Covid-19 pandemic amid speculation
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India's trade growth accelerated both in goods, services in 3rd quarter: U
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): India's trade growth accelerated both in goods and services in the 3rd quarter even as overall trend showed a stronger COVID-19 recovery for goods than services, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Friday.
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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying va
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Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in 23 countries: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): The new Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in 23 countries and their number is expected to rise, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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First meeting of WHO body to discuss new pandemics treaty to be held on Ma
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the first meeting of the organization's commission to discuss new treaty on the COVID-19 pandemic will take place on March 1, 2022, and its
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Workers with HIV-AIDS continue to face stigma, discrimination: ILO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): "Myths and misconceptions" about HIV and AIDS continue to fuel stigma and discrimination at the workplace, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Tuesday.
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Series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo: UNHCR
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI): The UN refugee agency UNHCR said it is "appalled by a series of deadly attacks" on displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), its spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva.
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