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Photo exhibition outside UNHRC in Switzerland highlights human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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India at UN raises concerns on use of drones for terrorism, slams Pak for
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 29 (ANI): India on Monday (local time) expressed concern at United Nations (UN) over misuse of information and communication technology for terrorist propaganda and radicalisation and called on the attention of the UN member states on the possibility of weaponised drones
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At UN meet, India highlights experience of peacekeeping forces in dealing
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India's envoy to the United Nations on Monday highlighted the experience of the country's peackeeping forces in dealing with Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) and said that India has adopted zero tolerance towards this issue.
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Study finds paid parental leave is favoured by people globally
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [US], June 28 (ANI): Even though the United States is the only one amongst the developed nations that do not guarantee paid leave to parents after childbirth, recent findings suggest that it does endorse providing paid leaves to them nearly as much as people from other countries.
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Foreign Secretary Shringla to address UNSC debate on children and armed co
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will address the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) high-level open debate on children and armed conflict on Monday evening through video conferencing.
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UN Special Representative condemns Myanmar military over sexual violence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 27 (ANI): United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten on Friday "strongly condemned" the reports of sexual violence in detention sites by Myanmar military's and urged to cease it with "immediate effect".
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Tibetans in Switzerland, Liechtenstein call for UN action to end China's c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27 (ANI): Amid international condemnation of various human rights abuses by China, the Tibetan community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein have submitted a five-point appeal to the United Nations (UN) which includes calls to end China's cultural genocide in Tibet
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EAM Jaishankar meets Greece PM Mitsotakis, greets him on country's 200th i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and congratulated the country on its two hundredth anniversary of independence.
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UN human rights experts call for Pakistan to halt mass evictions in Karach
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along the two narrow watercourses in Karachi -- the Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah.
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India, France co-host event on countering terror financing in post-Covid a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 25 (ANI): India along with France on Friday co-hosted a virtual event focussing on countering financing of terrorism in the post -COVID landscape at the second United Nations Counter-terrorism week.
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Pakistan remains on FATF 'grey list' as it fails to prosecute leaders of p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 25 (ANI): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that Pakistan will continue to remain on the global watchdog's "increased monitoring list", also known as the grey list, as it has failed to investigate and prosecute the senior leaders of United Nation
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Japan ratifies world's biggest free trade agreement involving China, ASEAN
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 25 (ANI): Japan on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement between China, Australia, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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