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The UN Security Council will meet on Friday in emergency session to discuss the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel s capital, the council s leadership announced Wednesday. The talks […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he hopes the administration of Donald Trump will “strengthen the bonds of international cooperation” and described Hillary Clinton as “a powerful symbol of women’s empowerment.” “In the […]
Islamabad (DP News) The 13th OIC Summit, held in Istanbul from 10-15 April, called on India to implement pending UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, expressed concern at the gross violations of human […]
(Talat A. Shah) “Several other executions may take place in the coming days, and most of them fall short of international norms,” warned the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns. […]
GENEVA (16 June 2015) – The ability of migrants to reach European soil despite a huge investment in securing international borders shows that sealing them is impossible, and only serves to empower people traffickers in […]
A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Pakistani authorities to halt the execution of Shafqat Hussain, who was convicted for a crime reportedly committed as a child. The execution is scheduled […]
European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. The death toll from Sunday’s shipwreck off the coast […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has officially handed over the Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) to the Sindh Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Established in the aftermath of the 2010 monsoon floods, the HRF […]
GENEVA – A group of United Nations human rights experts* took note with relief of the last-minute decision by the Pakistani authorities to postpone for 72 hours the execution of a Shafqat Hussain who […]
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the opening of the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, 2 March 2015. Mr. President Distinguished Delegates, It is an honour for […]
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