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Safe havens in Afghan neighbourhood harbour terror: Akbaruddin
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 18 (ANI): In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India's Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin on Monday said that terror offences in Afghanistan are perpetrated by those harboured in safe havens in the country's 'neigbourhood'.
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World Sindhi Congress highlights enforced disappearances in Pak at UN meet
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 16 (ANI): A delegation of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a detailed meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) in Geneva and flagged the issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Diamer-Bhasha Dam: World Sindhi Congress seek UNHRC intervention
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 15 (ANI): The World Environment and Resources Council (WERC) on Friday urged the United Nation Human Right Council (UNHRC) to look into the grave human rights violations of Sindhi people resulting from the of construction of a mega Diamer-Bhasha Dam by Pakistan.
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India raises concern over CPEC project at UN
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 15 (ANI): India on Friday raised concern over China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council here and underlined that the 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor' (CPEC) project ignores New Delhi's core concerns on sovereignty an
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HDI report: India moves one spot higher to 130
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): India has climbed one spot to 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released on Friday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Tech Mahindra, GCAS launch AI challenge to combat climate change
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
San Francisco [USA]/ New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (NewsVoir): Tech Mahindra, a digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions provider, announced its partnership with the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) to launch AI4Action, the first global Artificial
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Baloch leader urges UN to address human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 14 (ANI): The Chairman of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) Sohrab Baloch urged the newly appointed United Nations (UN) High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet to address the human rights violations taking place in Balochistan.
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Baloch activists demand suspension of Pak's membership from UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 13 (ANI): Highlighting the human rights violations by the Pakistan security forces, Baloch activists have demanded the suspension of Islamabad's membership from the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Persecution of Pashtuns in Pakistan highlighted in Geneva
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 13 (ANI): The European Organization for Pakistani Minorities has displayed a photo exhibition in front of United Nations office in Geneva on Pashtun Long March which took place after the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old shopkeeper, of Pashtun origi
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Myanmar Govt permits UN to probe Rohingya abuse
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 13 (ANI): The Myanmar Government granted permission to the United Nations inspection teams to assess dozens villages and townships in the country's Rakhine State, that were home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims last year.
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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Posters outside UN highlight issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 11 (ANI): Banners have been put up in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to highlight the grim issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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