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India elected to influential UN rights council with highest number of votes

United Nations: India was elected with the highest number of votes by the General Assembly to the influential Human Rights Council on Friday with a pledge to combat intolerance. India received 188 votes, the highest polled by any of the 18 countries elected in the voting. This is the fifth time India is elected to […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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India is set to be elected to UN Human Rights Council

United Nations: India is set to be elected unopposed to the Human Rights Council on Friday as a candidate from the Asia-Pacific region. Only five countries are running for the five vacancies from the region, therefore, all are assured of election. The other four candidates are Bangladesh, Bahrain, Fiji and the Philippines. India’s presence on […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Australia to join UN Human Rights Council

Canberra: Australia will take a seat on the powerful UN Human Rights Council following France’s withdrawal from the process, according to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. On Friday, Bishop confirmed France’s withdrawal will clear the way for Australia and Spain to take up two vacancies on the council from 2018, reports the Herald Sun daily. France’s strategic […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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India tells Pakistan to act on forced conversions

New Delhi: With the latest case of a Hindu girl’s abduction and forced conversion to Islam coming to light in Pakistan, India on Sunday said that it has conveyed to Islamabad the strong condemnation of such incidents by the civil society and the people of India and has asked the neighbouring country to take “immediate […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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India, Pakistan To Fight It Out On J&K At UNHRC

New Delhi: After failing to garner support on Jammu and Kashmir from countries individually, Pakistan is now preparing to rake up the issue at the forum of United Nations, mainly with the agenda of internationalizing the matter. Pakistan, which has become desperate ever since the government of India abolished the special status of Jammu and […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Pakistan Fails To Move Resolution On Kashmir At UNHRC Meet

Geneva: In another setback in its attempts to raise the Kashmir issue at the global level, Pakistan could not file any resolution on the issue at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council meeting here. Thursday afternoon (1 p.m. local time) was the deadline for filing resolutions at the UNHRC’s 42nd meeting, which began on September […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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US Re-Engaging With UN Human Rights Council: Blinken

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed that the country is ready to “re-engage” with the UN Human Rights Council, following the 2018 withdrawal by the former Donald Trump administration which accused the body of being “hypocritical and self-serving”. In a series of tweet confirming the move, Blinken said: The UN Human Rights […]

  • Monday, 05 April 2021
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