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UNGA75: Bhutan backs G4 nations candidature as permanent members to expand
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Bhutan has long supported the aspirations of the G4 countries-- India, Japan, Germany and Brazil -- to serve as permanent members to an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Prime Minister Lotay Tshering said on Friday (local time).
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UNGA75: India exercises its Right to Reply for third time in response to P
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan raised the Kashmir issue in the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday, India promptly responded to Khan's comments and requested the United Nations for the floor to exercise Right to Reply in
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UNGA75: Nepal PM pushes for convention on international terrorism
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday (local time) called for an early conclusion of a Comprehensive Convention on International terrorism (CCIT).
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Balochistan suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, activist told UN
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A Baloch political activist has told the United Nations that Balochistan is suffering a severe humanitarian crisis, having been in the throes of a ruthless genocidal conflict for the past two decades.
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Indian delegate walks out as Imran Khan begins speech at UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 25 (ANI): The Indian delegate at the United Nations General Assembly session walked out when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began his speech in which he made comments on India's internal affairs.
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Baloch and Sindhis protest outside UN against Pakistan's human rights viol
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a joint protest outside the UN building at the Broken Chair in Geneva during the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the institutional
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Don't need lessons from Pakistan which is known as "nursery and epicenter
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): India on Friday gave a befitting reply to Pakistan at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations saying that the world doesn’t need lessons on human rights from a country which has been known as "nursery and epicenter
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UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan, asks
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A rights activist from Pakistan, Anila Gulzar has requested the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan as they have been facing persecution for the past seven decades.
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PM Modi to address UNGA on Saturday
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the United Nations General Assembly for the general debate in the 75th session of the General Assembly tomorrow.
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IATA, UNOCT to cooperate on countering terrorist travel
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation with the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CT Travel
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Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by govt agencies continue unabate
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by Pakistan agencies continue unabated in the country and abduction is used as a tool to spread terror among the minority communities, said Secretary-General of World Sindhi Congress, Lakhu Luhana on Thursday
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Balochistan struggling to end Pakistan's oppression: Activist at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Highlighting the rising incidents of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are struggling to end oppression, suppression
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