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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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UN Chief To China's Leaders: Allow 'Credible' Visit By Human Rights Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said.
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India Gets Re-Elected To UN Human Rights Council With Overwhelming Majority
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi''s envoy here describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country''s strong roots
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Pakistan's Talk Of "Culture Of Peace" Decoy To Divert Attention: India At UN
Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.
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Kashmir Well On Its Way To Normalcy, India Assures UN Rights Body
India on Tuesday flatly rejected Pakistan's claims of largescale human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, assuring the international community that the situation in the region has vastly improved in the weeks following the scrapping of its special status.
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US Won't Allow Human Rights To Be "Cheapened" By UN Body: Nikki Haley
Terming the Human Rights Council as the United Nations' "greatest failure", US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has alleged that the institution has provided cover for the world's most inhumane regimes as she defended the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from it.
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United Nations Human Rights Envoy Asks North Korea Why Freed US Student Is in Coma
A U.N. human rights investigator contacted North Korea on Friday about the American student Otto Warmbier who has a severe brain injury and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness".
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US Will Be 'Rogue' State If It Ditches Climate Accord: UN Envoy
The United States would become "a kind of rogue country" if it pulls out of an international agreement to combat global warming, leaving the world more vulnerable to droughts and other climate extremes, warned Mary Robinson, a former Irish president and human rights advocate.
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UN Rights Envoy Says Chinese Authorities Interfered With His Work
A United Nations-appointed human rights envoy said today that the Chinese government interfered with his work during a visit to China by blocking access to individuals whom he had hoped to meet.
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Rodrigo Duterte Government Rebuffs UN Rights Investigator Seeking Philippines Visit
The UN human rights investigator has said she hopes to visit the Philippines to probe alleged extrajudicial killings, but President Rodrigo Duterte's government bluntly declared she was unwelcome.
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UN Rights Envoy Urges Prosecution Of North Korean Leader
The United Nations' human rights investigator for North Korea called on Monday for its leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials to be prosecuted for committing crimes against humanity.
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Air Strike Kills Dozens In Syria As UN Envoy Visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.
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Japan Says United Nations Retracts Remarks on Schoolgirl Sex
A UN human rights envoy has retracted her claim that 13 percent of schoolgirls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex, the Japanese government said today.
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Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy
The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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UN Chief To China's Leaders: Allow 'Credible' Visit By Human Rights Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said.
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India Gets Re-Elected To UN Human Rights Council With Overwhelming Majority
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi''s envoy here describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country''s strong roots
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Pakistan's Talk Of "Culture Of Peace" Decoy To Divert Attention: India At UN
Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.
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Kashmir Well On Its Way To Normalcy, India Assures UN Rights Body
India on Tuesday flatly rejected Pakistan's claims of largescale human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, assuring the international community that the situation in the region has vastly improved in the weeks following the scrapping of its special status.
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US Won't Allow Human Rights To Be "Cheapened" By UN Body: Nikki Haley
Terming the Human Rights Council as the United Nations' "greatest failure", US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has alleged that the institution has provided cover for the world's most inhumane regimes as she defended the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from it.
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United Nations Human Rights Envoy Asks North Korea Why Freed US Student Is in Coma
A U.N. human rights investigator contacted North Korea on Friday about the American student Otto Warmbier who has a severe brain injury and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness".
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US Will Be 'Rogue' State If It Ditches Climate Accord: UN Envoy
The United States would become "a kind of rogue country" if it pulls out of an international agreement to combat global warming, leaving the world more vulnerable to droughts and other climate extremes, warned Mary Robinson, a former Irish president and human rights advocate.
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UN Rights Envoy Says Chinese Authorities Interfered With His Work
A United Nations-appointed human rights envoy said today that the Chinese government interfered with his work during a visit to China by blocking access to individuals whom he had hoped to meet.
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Rodrigo Duterte Government Rebuffs UN Rights Investigator Seeking Philippines Visit
The UN human rights investigator has said she hopes to visit the Philippines to probe alleged extrajudicial killings, but President Rodrigo Duterte's government bluntly declared she was unwelcome.
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UN Rights Envoy Urges Prosecution Of North Korean Leader
The United Nations' human rights investigator for North Korea called on Monday for its leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials to be prosecuted for committing crimes against humanity.
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Air Strike Kills Dozens In Syria As UN Envoy Visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a UN envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.
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Japan Says United Nations Retracts Remarks on Schoolgirl Sex
A UN human rights envoy has retracted her claim that 13 percent of schoolgirls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex, the Japanese government said today.
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Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy
The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
