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UNHRC to hold special session on Afghanistan next week, backed by prominen
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold a special session on Tuesday, August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns and situation in Afghanistan".
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UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan issue on August 24
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns" following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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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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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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Beijing welcomes Ukraine's withdrawal from UNHRC statement slamming rights
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 27 (ANI): China on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Ukrainian side to withdraw its endorsement of a joint statement at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that rebuked China over the human rights violations in Xinjiang.
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Abstained on previous occasions too, position not new, says India on UNHRC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India's decision to abstain at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the resolution to probe the Gaza conflict is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions too, External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
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Israel summons Philippines envoy over vote for UNHRC probe into Gaza hosti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Israeli Foreign Ministry has summoned the Philippines' ambassador to protest his country's support for an investigation into Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip during the recent hostilities.
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India abstained on resolution at UNHRC to set up Commission of Inquiry on
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): India has abstained on resolution at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to set up Commission of Inquiry on human rights violation in occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and in Israel, said Indian envoy to United Nations (Geneva), Indra Man
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UN's top human rights forum passes resolutions on Belarus
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25, (ANI): The United States co-sponsored the EU resolution condemning the continuing human rights abuses in Belarus surrounding the fraudulent August 9, 2020 presidential election at the 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday.
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UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of Commission on Human Rights on Sy
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25, (ANI): The United States co-sponsored a resolution led by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, and Turkey that highlighted ongoing atrocities by the Assad regime in Syria and renewed the mandate of the Independent In
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UNHRC session: US co-sponsors UK led resolution on human rights violations
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) co-sponsored a resolution led by the United Kingdom on "Promoting reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka" in the 46th session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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UNHRC session: US co-sponsors resolution led by EU over human rights conce
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) co-sponsored a resolution led by the European Union (EU) that highlighted ongoing human rights concerns, including for Rohingya and recalled developments since February 1 in the 46th session of UN Human Rights
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