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Geneva: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that the increase in violence and arrests in Pakistan is a matter of "grave concern"."Arrests made under arbitrary laws are equivalent to arbitrary detention. Civilian cases in military courts are a violation of international human rights laws and that immediate, transparent, and impartial investigation of the events
New York: Three Indian UN peacekeepers will be honoured posthumously with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their supreme sacrifice in the line of duty at a solemn ceremony at the UN headquarters on Thursday."We salute our fallen heroes, and their bravery and offer our deepest respects," the Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj said ahead of the ceremony to honour
Doha: The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha.Envoys from the United States, China and Russia, as well as major European aid donors and key neighbours such as Pakistan, are among the representatives from about 25 countries and groups called to the two days of closed-door talks by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the Qatari capital
Santo Domingo: While delivering his remarks at the MIREX, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India has always been a staunch votary of multilateralism. India believes that this is fundamental to the maintenance of global order."The challenge however is the resistance to reforming multilateralism particularly the working of
Santo Domingo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar paid an official visit to the Dominican Republic from 27-29 April 2023. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Alvarez and EAM S Jaishankar met in the framework of the High-Level Political Dialogue on 28 April 2023 and held fruitful discussions on bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues of mutual interest.The
New Delhi: Supporting India’s candidature for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, Professor Robert AF Thurman, Co-founder and President of the Tibet House in New York, said that the five permanent members of the UNSC are unable to resolve conflicts diplomatically and engaged in wars while India has the potential to bring peace in the world.He said, "Today in the United
New York: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and discussed the current developments in Sudan, India’s G20 Presidency and Ukraine conflict."We had a very good meeting. Most of our meeting was on the Sudan situation. We also discussed the G20, and Ukraine conflict, but essentially it was about Sudan," the EAM told ANI."In Sudan, the UN
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is in New York on his way to countries in Latin America on an official visit and is slated to meet UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres on the Sudan crisis.Responding to queries during the weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Jaishankar has spoken to his counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the United
Panaji: UNICEF’s Senior Health Adviser And Chief Of The Digital Health and Information Systems, Unit Karin Kallander, said heaped praise on India’s Covid vaccination programme.Kallander is currently in Goa to attend the second G20 Health Working Group meeting.The second Health Working Group meeting under G20 India Presidency kicked off on April 17 and will conclude on Apirl 19. More than 180
EFF has a good explainer on the problems with the new UN Cybercrime Treaty, currently being negotiated in Vienna.
The draft treaty has the potential to rewrite criminal laws around the world, possibly adding over 30 criminal offenses and new expansive police powers for both domestic and international criminal investigations.
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While we don’t think the U.N. Cybercrime Treaty is necessary, we’ve been closely scrutinizing the process and providing constructive analysis. We’ve made clear that human rights must be baked into the proposed treaty so that it doesn’t become a tool to …