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UNHRC to hold special session on Afghanistan next week, backed by prominen
Updated : 4 years, 9 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, 9 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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India responds to UN, says new IT rules 'designed to empower ordinary user
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): India's permanent mission at the United Nations has clarified that India's new IT rules are "designed to empower ordinary users of social media" and that they were finalised after the government held broad consultations with civil society and other stakeh
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Abstained on previous occasions too, position not new, says India on UNHRC
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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UNHRC adopts resolution against S Lanka; India abstains from voting
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday abstained from voting on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution in Geneva against Sri Lanka, while calling on the island country to carry forward the process of reconciliation and address aspirations of its Tamil mino
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Urdu Bulletin: Farmers' protest, rise in COVID-19 cases reported widely
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in their Wednesday edition reported the farmers' appeal to United Nations Human Rights Council to interfere in the matter. Most publications also carried the news of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country.
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UNHRC must pay attention to Pakistan's deplorable human rights record: Ind
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 15 (ANI): India on Monday called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold Pakistan accountable for its state-sponsored and supported grave violation of human rights of its people, saying the UN body must pay urgent attention to Islamabad's deplorable hum
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'We see no contradiction between countering terrorism, protection of human
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): Underlining that terrorism is an attack against human rights, India on Thursday said it has been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts and does not see any contradiction between countering terrorism and promotion and protection of human rig
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'No locus standi': India at Human Rights Council rejects OIC, Pakistan's s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 2 (ANI): India on Tuesday rejected the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) statements on the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as it has no locus standi to comment on matters related to the region, while regretting that the OIC continues to allow it
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US seeks to regain seat on UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): President Joe Biden aims to secure a seat for the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Council almost three years after the Trump administration left the world body, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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Human rights agenda continues to face severe challenges, most of all from
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Noting that terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and India is at the forefront of the fight against it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there is a need for clear realisation in bodies dealing wi
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India at UNHCR: Terrorism can never be justified nor its perpetrators be e
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and a crime against humanity, which violates the most fundamental human rights namely the right to life, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday in his address to the United
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