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UKPNP urges global community to press Pakistan to repeal draconian laws im
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): The United People's National Party (UKPNP) on Wednesday in an international conference at Geneva called upon the UN and other global institutional authorities to put pressure on Pakistan to repeal all draconian laws imposed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Po
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Exiled Kashmiris urge UNHRC to act against Pakistan, accuse ISI of targeti
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 5 (ANI): Exiled Kashmiris and rights activists held a demonstration in front of the UN Human Rights Council building in Geneva to highlight Pakistan's systematic discrimination against Kashmiris in the region it has illegally occupied for over seven decades.
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6 children killed in several attacks in northwest Syria
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 3 (ANI): At least six children were killed on Saturday in several attacks on three villages in the northwest of Syria, confirmed the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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IATA welcomes Rolls-Royce commitment to open after-market best practice
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Rolls-Royce Plc have signed a joint statement that clarifies the engine manufacturer's ongoing commitment to an open and competitive approach to its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.
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Around 1 out of 4 people lack safe drinking water in 2020: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Around one in four people lacked safely managed drinking water in their homes in 2020 and nearly half the world's population lacked safely managed sanitation, said a joint report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
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UN agency confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Number of international migrant workers rises to 169 million: ILO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): A new report by the United Nations (UN)-body International Labour Organisation (ILO) has highlighted that the number of international migrant workers has risen globally to 169 million, an increase of three per cent since 2017.
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Sexual assault during conflicts must be prosecuted as war crime, says expe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army started the now infamous 'Operation Searchlight' in which they killed students, intellectuals, and civilians in Bangladesh. Thousands of Bengali women were raped by the Pakistani army. The idea was to brutally
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COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), July 1 (ANI/Xinhua) -- The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday.
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Global economy can lose $4 trillion due to Covid-19 impact on tourism: UNC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The crash in international tourism due to coronavirus pandemic can cause a loss of more than four trillion dollars to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD report published on Wednesday.
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Photo exhibition outside UNHRC in Switzerland highlights human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A three-day-long photo and poster exhibition in front of the United Nations office in Geneva has highlighted the plight of indigenous Baloch people in Pakistan's largest and resource-rich province of Balochistan.
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Human rights defenders are tortured in China, says UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A top UN independent expert on Monday highlighted concerns that activists in China were being abused and sentenced to long prison terms or house arrest.
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