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Finland retains title of World's Happiest Country
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 20 (ANI): Finland has taken the top spot for the fourth consecutive year as the happiest country in the world despite the global pandemic's devastating effects according to the UN-curated World Happiness Report 2021, published on Friday.
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UNHRC: Baloch activists accuse Pakistan of violating human rights in Baloc
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 19 (ANI): Baloch political activists have raised the issue of human rights violations in Pakistan's resource-rich Balochistan province by the state security agencies during the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday.
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Biden reaffirms commitment to re-engagement with international institution
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Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden, on Thursday (local time), hosted Permanent Representatives from the UN Security Council, where he reaffirmed the US commitment to values-based global leadership and re-engagement with international institutions, in particular the Unite
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UNHRC must pay attention to Pakistan's deplorable human rights record: Ind
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 15 (ANI): India on Monday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold Pakistan accountable for its state-sponsored and supported grave violation of human rights of its people, saying the UN body must pay urgent attention to Islamabad's deplorable hum
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Pak orchestrating proxy war, promoting terrorism in Kashmir, EFSAS chief t
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 15 (ANI): Thousands of Kashmiris have died in a proxy war orchestrated by Pakistan and they continue to suffer due to terrorist groups patronized by Pakistan military establishment, said the chief of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies during a general
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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UN Security Council may issue fresh statement over ongoing violence in Mya
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New York [US], March 10 (ANI): The Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, Ishikane Kimihiro on Tuesday suggested that the UN Security Council (UNSC) may issue a statement over the ongoing violence in Myanmar, despite China opposing a denunciation of the coup, reported NHK World.
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Human rights activist writes to UN about Pak-sponsored terrorist attacks o
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): Professor Fernand de Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues on Tuesday has written a letter to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) informing about the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attacks on the Hindu minority communi
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Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan
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Geneva, [Switzerland] March 04 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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Myanmar junta removes its UN Ambassador after he delivers anti-coup speech
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New York [US], February 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military has fired the country's United Nations Ambassador after he appealed to the UN General Assembly for international help to overturn the coup.
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UN Security Council calls for cease-fires to speed up COVID-19 vaccinatio
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New York [US], February 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all member states to support a "sustained humanitarian pause" to local conflicts, in order to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Iran's envoy to UN calls full compliance with nuclear deal 'absurd'
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington's call for Tehran's full compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is absurd, since the US keeps itself "totally out of the agreement," breaching its terms, Iran's permanent representative to t
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