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Iran's security forces were the perpetrators of serious human rights violations against demonstrators in the wake of anti-government protests in November 2019, according to a report by Amnesty International on Wednesday. The UK-based non-governmental organization accused security forces of using torture to elicit confessions, adding that hundreds of civilians have subsequently been imprisoned since last ...

GENEVA — Trees are key to tackling the climate crisis and supporting animals and plants. They’re also vital to jobs, business and our health. Momentum has been building globally and in the US, with numerous tree planting initiatives and partnerships to reforest burned areas, such as the Camp Fire.This ...

NEW YORK — Achieving a nuclear-free world is the best way to honor lives devastated by these weapons, the UN disarmament chief told a virtual meeting held on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on Aug. 29.Speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General, Izumi Nakamitsu ...

India has now formally written to the UN and put on record about Pakistan’s claim that it had made a statement in the Council, which is false.India has formally written to the United Nations about Pakistan’s false claim of making a statement in a Security Council meeting on terrorism, ...

The Pakistan Mission falsely claimed that its UN envoy Munir Akram gave a statement at a Security Council debate on Report of the Secretary General on Threats to International Peace and Security posed by Terrorism Actions, India said. India hit out at Pakistan at the United Nations after Islamabad’s ...

KARACHI — Despite suffering the after-effects of the COVID-19 virus, Husna Gul, a staff member with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Pakistan, is committed to ensuring that as many children as possible are vaccinated against the devastating consequences of polio, which can cause muscle-wasting, paralysis and death.Polio vaccination ...

KARACHI, PakistanPakistan on World Humanitarian Day 2020 has urged the international community, including the UN, to pressurize India to stop reported human rights abuses in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region."On this occasion, we would once again urge the global humanitarian fraternity to do everything it can to ameliorate ...

India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti, has lashed out at Pakistan, saying it is the nerve centre of terrorism.“It is a well-known fact that Pakistan is the nerve centre of terrorism. Pakistan is home to largest number of listed terrorists, internationally designated terrorist entities and individuals, ...

NEW DELHI: India’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR), a key health system indicator, dropped to 113 in the 2016-18 period from 122 in 2015-17, according to the latest data released by the office of the registrar general of India. One of the UN’s sustainable development goals is to reduce MMR, ...