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India Hits Back at Pakistan at UNHRC Over Kashmir Claims
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON - India on Thursday launched a sharp counter attack at Pakistan during the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva dismissed Islamabad’s allegations on Jammu and Kashmir and accused Islamabad of…
Rights expert demands accountability on Epstein files ‘No one above the law’
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday described Epstein Files as a possible global criminal enterprise involved systematic sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls as the…
OHCHR report warns war crimes in Sudan’s El Fasher
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - According to a report released by the UN human rights office, OHCHR on Friday stated that the paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence and brutality” during their final offensive…
Guterres calls for unity, compassion ahead of Ramadan
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN chief António Guterres on Friday has urged people worldwide to embrace the spirit of peace, compassion and solidarity as Muslims prepare to observe the holy month of Ramadan, in a statement released in…
Top advocate warns protecting children in conflict a key to lasting peace
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Vanessa Frazier on Thursday said that after decades of mandate to protect children caught up in war, she is determined to remind the world that…
India Pitches People-Centric Development at UN Forum
India showcases inclusive, rights-based development approach at UN
Social justice central to Viksit Bharat@2047 vision
Over 800 million covered under food security, 550 million get free healthcare
India reaffirms global…
UNICEF boosts aid to protect children, families in Ukraine’s harsh cold winter
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UNICEF on Friday reported that Ukraine is facing a bitterly cold winter, with temperatures regularly dropping to minus 20 degrees Celsius, or minus 4 Fahrenheit.
The severe weather combined with the…
UN Commission of Inquiry hails ceasefire in Syria
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Friday has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces and urged all parties to seize the moment to…
UNICEF says children lives on brink of survival’ in Darfur ‘hard and fragile’
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UNICEF warned Friday that most children are living “on the brink” of survival in Darfur, reaching a single child can take days of negotiations, security clearances and travel across sandy roads that cut…
UN mission warns military tensions in South Sudan, cites dire human conditions
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – The Officer in Charge of the UN Mission in South Sudan Anita Kiki Gbeho, on Friday briefed reporters in New York at the press conference told that the military tensions in South Sudan are “rapidly…