Russia’s bid for re-election to UN Human Rights Council fails after vote
- 11-Oct-2023
UNITED NATIONS: Russia failed to regain its seat on the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday during an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine. Russia was competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on the 47-member Geneva-based body to represent the Eastern European […]
FM Bilawal condemns Holy Quran desecration as ‘attack on faith’
- 11-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday asserted that the desecration of Holy Quran was “an attack on Muslims’ faith” as the UN Human Rights Council debated a motion in the wake of a recent incident of the holy book’s desecration in Sweden. Last month, a man desecrated the Holy Quran in Sweden’s […]
PTI contacts with UN human rights council against violence
- 23-Mar-2023
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wrote a letter to United Nations (UN) human rights council against the police treatment meted out to party leaders and workers, ARY News reported on Thursday. PTI leader Shireen Mazari on Thursday wrote a letter against the violence with the party workers to the UN representative Dr Alice Jill Edwards. In the […]
Biden administration moves to rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council
- 08-Feb-2021
'We intend to do so knowing that the most effective way to reform and improve the Council is to engage with it in a principled fashion'
Pakistan’s re-election to UNHRC despite Indian lobbying huge achievement: Munir Akram
- 15-Oct-2020
Pakistan PR to UN Munir Akram delighted on the critical milestone Pakistan has achieved with its success in Human Rights Council polls yesterday
More than 700 doctors killed in Syria war: UN
- 22-Jun-2016
GENEVA: Attacks on hospitals since Syria's war broke out five years ago have left more than 700 doctors and medical workers dead, many of them in air strikes, UN investigators said.