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India, Pak must resolve Kashmir issue through dialogue, says UN Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres remains very concerned about any potential escalation between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and appeals to both sides to deal with the issue through dialogue, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson of Guterres, on Wednes
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Geneva: Activist lambasts Pak for atrocities in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 11 (ANI): At a time when Pakistan is peddling its false narrative on the Kashmir issue, political activists from Balochistan have lambasted the country for the killings and enforced disappearances of the activists and minorities in the province.
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India backs UN's call for direct talks between Afghan govt, Taliban
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 11 (ANI): Backing the United Nations' call for direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban especially ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in war-torn country, India on Tuesday (local time) asserted that the process of peace and reconciliatio
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Geneva: Activists tear into Pak for atrocities against Baloch, false claim
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 11 (ANI): Baloch political activists and human rights defenders have lambasted on Pakistan for atrocities against Baloch people at the same time when the cash-strapped nation is crying foul over Kashmir at the 42nd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here.
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Billboards across Geneva calls for attention to Pak's cultural genocide of
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 11 (ANI): In a number of billboards posted across the Swiss city of Geneva, the Pashtun people are urging the United Nations to take action against Pakistan to stop the extermination of their people.
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India well prepared to handle allegations of human rights violations in Ka
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): Defence expert PK Sehgal on Tuesday said that India is completely prepared to respond to alleged human rights violations in Kashmir if raised by Pakistan in the United Nations Human Rights Violation Council (UNHRC).
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Pak has no right to speak on Kashmir at UN: Sindh, Baloch activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): Political activists of Sindh and Balochistan on Tuesday called it ironic on part of Pakistan to peddle its false narrative on the Kashmir issue at the UNHRC session in Geneva when minorities in the country have been facing worsening human rights situation
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Pak desperate to create disturbances in India: former UNHRC vice president
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): Pakistan is desperate for creating disturbances in India to show the world that country's decision to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir has created resentment among people, said former vice president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (U
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Geneva: Pakistan Foreign Minister mentions Jammu and Kashmir as 'Indian st
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday referred to Jammu and Kashmir as an "Indian state" following his speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session here.
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Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah quoted in Pak document in UNHRC meeting
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 10 (ANI): The opening pages of a leaked Pakistan's dossier on Jammu and Kashmir contain the statements made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370, according to a document that is
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Climate change a global threat to human rights: Bachelet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that climate change is a rapidly growing and a global threat to human rights and underlined that incidents like forest fires raging in the Amazon is "burning up our future"
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It is important to mobilize private investors for land restoration, says U
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 10 (ANI): Resources available to address the problem of land degradation are insufficient and it is important to mobilize private investors for the purpose of land restoration, said Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Deser
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