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Wickremesinghe, Sirisena had drifted away, change not sudden: Lankan exper
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): While the unannounced swearing-in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday evening took everyone by surprise, the mood for change was building up for the last few days.
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'India to continue balanced approach towards protecting human rights'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): Few hours after India was elected to the United Nations' top human rights body on Friday, India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, said that New Delhi would continue its balance and moderate approach towards the protection of h
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Delhi Environment Minister expresses concern over stubble burning
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Friday expressed concern over the unabated stubble burning noticed in the neighbouring states.
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BNC condemns Pakistan's foreign minister's 'hypocritical' remarks at UN
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Oct 3 (ANI): Balochistan National Congress (BNC), a Washington D.C. based Baloch body, has strongly condemned Pakistan's Foreign Minister Makhdoom Mehmood Shah Qureshi over his "hypocritical" remarks at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Session.
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US reaffirms no rebuilding aid for Syria without progress on political tal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], October 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States reaffirms that it will not provide any reconstruction aid to Syria until there is progress on the UN-led political process, two State Department special envoys said in a joint press release on Tuesday.
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Swaraj's UNGA speech was a political campaign, says Tharoor
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), Oct 02 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday reiterated that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was a "campaign speech", adding that Swaraj was busy sloganeering for her party
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Anti-Pak protests staged outside UN headquarters
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): People from Balochistan staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters to highlight the alleged human rights violations by Pakistan and urged the UN to intervene in the matter.
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'Single-act plays have no resonance in multilateral issues'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): Responding to a question on the Kashmir issue being raised at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, India's Ambassador to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, stated that single-act plays have no resonance in matters of multilateral importance.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pakistan protest in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Exiled Balochistan political activists on Sunday held a protest in front of the Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded the UN to intervene and stop the genocide and war crimes committed
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PoK remains breeding ground for Pak-backed terrorists, says Kashmiri activ
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 21 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have expressed concerns over growing extremism and terrorist activities in the region during an event on the sidelines of the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Session in Geneva.
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'UN report on Kashmir has no mention of Pak-sponsored terrorism'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): Terrorism is the most deplorable violation of human rights and yet surprisingly, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), in its recent report on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, failed to even mention the menace once, said Yoana Barakova, a
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UNAIDS welcomes SC decision on IPC 377, urges other countries to follow In
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 06 (ANI): The UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The world agency expressed hope that this decision sets the trend and is
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