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Jagpreet Kaur. File | Photo Credit: Photo Credit: X/@JagKaur_IFS India has slammed Pakistan as it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, saying it should introspect on its own appalling human rights record and “deserved global reputation” as the "world’s terrorism ...

GENEVA: Slamming Pakistan "for once again abusing" the United Nations Human Rights Council platform for peddling its "malicious propaganda", India has urged the Council to ask Islamabad to take credible steps to end its state-sponsored terrorism and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the territories under its control. Rejecting Pakistan's ...

From the world’s second-smallest state, Monaco, to the most populous country, India, representatives from more than 20 governments and international organizations on Monday condemned the Taliban’s policies of shutting down secondary schools and denying other fundamental rights to Afghan girls and women. Even Pakistan, the purported benefactor of the ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced the U.S. would rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council, vowing to reform the body “so it can achieve its potential.” We suggest the White House aim for a more realistic goal—like attaining world peace or establishing a self-sustaining Martian colony. ...

The tit-for-tat moves come ahead of India joining the 15-member council for a two-year term starting January 1, 2021. Pakistan gave U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a dossier on Tuesday accusing India of stoking terrorism in Pakistan, a day after India provided a dossier to some U.N. Security Council members ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan will focus on Islamophobia at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the new term, the country’s prime minister said on Wednesday.In a Twitter post, Khan applauded Pakistan’s re-election to the UNHRC for another three-year term.On Tuesday, Pakistan was re-elected to the UNHRC with 169 votes in the ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan will focus on Islamophobia at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the new term, the country’s prime minister said on Wednesday.In a Twitter post, Khan applauded Pakistan’s re-election to the UNHRC for another three-year term.On Tuesday, Pakistan was re-elected to the UNHRC with 169 votes in the ...

China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN's premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost. Russia and Cuba were running unopposed, but China and Saudi Arabia were in a ...

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Saudi Arabia, China, and Russia are set to join the UN Human Rights Council despite vehement opposition from activists and organizations who say the countries’ governments are among the worst offenders of human rights globally.The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday will elect ...

World14:13 GMT 13.10.2020(updated 14:15 GMT 13.10.2020) Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106557/09/1065570955_0:183:3500:2151_1200x675_80_0_0_605acb6a119dea12144e5d735fdcd2a1.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080755085-un-electing-new-members-to-human-rights-council-board---video/The UNHRC has 15 three-year-term vacancies on the 47-member council, divided into five regional groups.The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is holding elections for the new members of its board in New York this Tuesday, 13 October. This year, Nepal, ...