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Photo exhibition outside UNHRC in Switzerland highlights human rights viol
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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UN says 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 25 (ANI): Around 36 million people suffered from drug use disorders as 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, according to the 2021 World Drug Report which was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday.
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Japan to provide additional ventilators, oxygen concentrators to India thr
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Japan on Friday decided to help India with additional ventilators and oxygen concentrators through United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) to fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
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UN launches global program to counter terrorist threats against vulnerable
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in partnership with several other agencies, on Tuesday launched a global program on countering terrorist threats against vulnerable targets to help UN member states deal with this scourge.
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UN Human Rights office closely monitoring Thailand protests
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Thailand has been "closely" monitoring the protests in the country and stresses that people must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday (local
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IATA, UNOCT to cooperate on countering terrorist travel
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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Tibetans and Uyghurs hold anti-China protest outside UN office in London
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 29 (ANI): Members of the Tibetan and Uyghur community in UK oragnised a 'Black Day' protest outside the United Nations office in London to mark the ninth anniversary of 'heinous crimes against humanity' in Tibet and East Turkistan by Chen Quanguo, currently the party secr
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Silent protest held outside UN over persecution of Christians in Pak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): A silent demonstration was held on Saturday in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside Broken Chair to raise a voice in solidarity to eradicate the malicious blasphemy law and forced conversions in Pakistan.
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Pakistan using religious extremism to counter Baloch nationalism, say acti
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 12 (ANI): Baloch and other human rights activists from Pakistan held a protest outside the United Nations office here to draw the attention towards growing human rights violations and the spread of religious extremism in Balochistan.
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Sindhis protest outside UN office in Geneva against persecution of minorit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress held a demonstration in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to raise the issue of the persecution of minorities, especially the Hindus, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
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'Pakistan allow media and political freedom' banner displayed outside UN o
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 26 (ANI): A banner bearing the slogan -- 'Pakistan allow media and political freedom' -- was displayed outside the United Nations office here with an aim to highlight Islamabad's crackdown on the press in the past two years.
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Sweden Queen participates in seminar on human trafficking
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 05 (ANI): Swedish Queen Silvia Renate Sommerlath, who is here on a state visit, has visited United Nations office in the national capital to attend a seminar on human trafficking in India and South Asia.
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