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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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WHO apologises to victims of sexual abuse during Ebola outbreak in DR Cong
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday apologised to the victims and survivors of the sexual exploitation in DR Congo by aid workers.
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Pak should take credible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism: India at
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) asked Pakistan to take credible and irreversible steps to end state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in all the territories under its control.
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Pak-backed `jihadis' will re-route from Afghanistan to Kashmir, EFSAS to U
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has expressed fear that Pakistan-backed and trained 'jihadi' terrorists will be diverted to Kashmir after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
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Tibetans protest against China's human rights violations in Switzerland
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): The Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL) has organised a peace march in protest against China for the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet.
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WHO to revive probe into COVID-19 origins: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to revive an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19, a US media report said.
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Geneva: PoK activists demand Pakistan to dismantle terror camps in occupie
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan held a series of protests outside the offices of the UN Human Rights Council to demand the dismantling of terror camps and stop the exploitation of natural resources and la
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World Sindhi Congress held protest in Geneva against human rights violatio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Thursday held a protest here against human rights violations in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Geneva: Bangladesh diaspora to hold international conference on 'Recogniti
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 24 (ANI): Europe-based Bangladesh diaspora oraganisation, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in collaboration with Switzerland Human Rights Commission Bangladesh will hold an international conference on 'Recognition of 1971 Bangladesh Genocide' at the Geneva Pres
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Former Afghan mayor may settle in Switzerland
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): One of Afghanistan's first woman mayors, Zarifa Ghafari could settle in Switzerland, according to local media, which said that efforts are underway to obtain a special permit for the political activist who fled Kabul last month after Taliban took con
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MedAlliance announces completion of enrollment in Japanese SELUTION SLR
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): MedAlliance, with its Japanese partner MDK Medical, has completed enrollment in the clinical study of its novel Sirolimus Drug Eluting Balloon (DEB), SELUTION SLR™, for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
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UNHCR shocked at images of 'deplorable conditions' of Haitian immigrants a
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi was shocked by images of the deplorable conditions of Haitian immigrants beneath the concrete highway overpass in Del Rio, Texas.
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