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Election of countries like China, Pakistan will damage credibility of UNHR
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], October 14 (ANI): Slamming countries including Pakistan and China, Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has said "world's worst human rights abusers" have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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US slams UN for electing authoritarian regimes like China at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Tuesday, slammed the United Nations for electing "authoritarian regimes" like China, Russia and Cuba into the UN Human Rights Council adding that the US' decision to withdraw from the council has be
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UN warns of 'staggering rise' in natural disasters, urge leaders to take a
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 13 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday warned that there has been a 'staggering rise' in natural disasters over the past 20 years due to climate change, and called on political and business leaders to take action to stop the planet from becoming an 'uninhabitable hell
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UN needs to revive its energy to play greater role in maintaining internat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI): India has urged the United Nations to revive its energy to play a greater role in maintaining international peace and security to counter terrorism.
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UNHCR chief tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Germany, Western allies slam China's human rights record, call for accepta
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], October 7 (ANI): In a United Nations speech on Tuesday, supported by 38 other countries, Germany criticised China’s human rights record and called on the world to accept persecuted Uyghur Muslims as refugees, reported South China Morning Post.
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At UNGA, 39 countries urge China to shut down Xinjiang detention camps
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], October 6 (ANI): As many as 39 countries at the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee on Tuesday urged China to close the detention camps in Xinjiang.
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UN chief strongly condemns suicide attack at office building in Afghanista
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], October 5 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) strongly condemned the previous day's car bombing at a district administrative building in Afghanistan's province of Nangarhar.
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China formally confirms death of Uyghur man who was held in Xinjiang camp
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], October 4 (ANI): As the worldwide condemnation against China over human rights violation grows, Beijing has confirmed to the United Nations the death of a Uyghur man whose family says that he was held in the Xinjiang internment camp since 2017, The Guardian reported.
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Armenian military says 3 Azerbaijani jets downed in Karabakh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Yerevan [Armenia], October 03 (ANI/Sputnik): Three Azerbaijani jets were shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday morning as fierce fighting continues in the conflict-torn region, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported.
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India is key to strengthen non-proliferation of nuclear weapons: Foreign S
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York/New Delhi [US/India], October 3 (ANI): India espouses the policy of "no first use" against nuclear weapon states and non-use against non-nuclear-weapon states, adding that New Delhi is a key partner in global efforts towards disarmament and strengthening the non-proliferation order,
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