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COP28: Permanent Committee for Human Rights holds event highlighting links
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Permanent Committee for Human Rights in the UAE, in cooperation and partnership with the General Women's Union and the UN Women Liaison Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council in Abu Dhabi, organized an event titled: "Climate Change and Ways to Mitigate Gender-Based Violence" at the Wome
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US discusses ways to expand Taiwan's participation in international forums
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The US and Taiwan are exploring ways to expand Taiwan's participation in the UN and other international forums, as well as addressing a range of global challenges, including public health, aviation safety and climate change, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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Afghan envoy to UN emphasises importance of women's education, work, parti
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Nasir Ahmad Andisha emphasised the importance of women's education, work and participation in the society, on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), TOLO News reported.
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Israeli PM voices 'dissatisfaction' to Putin over UN vote in favour of Gaz
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to X, Israel's PMO said, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war against Hamas and the situation in the region. The PM expressed his dissatisfaction with the positions expressed against Israel by Russian representatives at the UN an
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India, Sweden committed to impartiality in responding to humanitarian situ
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Sweden's deputy envoy to the UN, Andreas von Uexkull, said India and Sweden remain committed to preserving the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence in responding to all humanitarian situations.
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US tells UN it does not support calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Robert A Wood, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, said that his country does not support calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as it "would only plant the seeds for the next war."
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UN experts raise concern over condition of Afghan nationals in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN experts highlighted the alarming risk of human rights violations against Afghan nationals in Pakistan and urged for their protection, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan to receive humanitarian assistance from Iceland
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Iceland is set to provide 40 million Icelandic Krona to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, according to a statement from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement appeals to UN for immediate release of
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive assassination attempt by the Pakistan Army and subsequent illegal arrest of PTM Leader, well-known human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, by joint ISI-Police operation in Chaman dis
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In rare move, UN Secretary-General Guterres invokes Article 99 amid Gaza w
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter and formally referred the situation in Gaza to the UN Security Council, urging its members to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in the besieged enclave, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan world's sixth vulnerable, least ready country to address impac
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Daniel Peter Endres has said that Afghanistan ranks as the world's sixth vulnerable, least-ready country to address the impacts of climate change, TOLO News reported. TOLO News is an Afghan news channel.
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"Where the hell are you?": Israeli PM tears into women's right groups over
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came down heavily on international human rights organisations, women's groups and the UN for failing to speak out about the rapes and other atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli women.
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