China and Russia on Friday pulled out from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the situation in Myanmar following the military coup on February 1, reported NHK World.
Geneva: India along with BRICS countries today voted in support of a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel's offensive on Gaza.India joined Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa to vote
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has described his party's victory in the provincial polls as a mandate against the UN rights resolution on his country.“People have given a clear message that no international interference
Geneva: In a significant development, India for the first time today abstained from voting on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged human rights violation which was passed by 23 votes in favour as
Nay Pyi Taw: Brushing aside opposition from DMK and other parties in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa but did not give him any assurance on which way
New Delhi, Mar 22: India yesterday said its amendments to make the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka in UN Human Rights Council tougher could not be incorporated for lack of consensus among member-countries."Our amendments put
Chennai, March 22: DMK president M.Karunanidhi Thursday termed the UNHRC resolution passed on Sri Lanka as "useless" and said India did not bother about the Tamils in the island nation.Speaking to reporters here, he said:
New Delhi, Mar 22: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday accused the Centre of not taking a clear stand at the United Nations Human Rights Council when the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka was
New Delhi, Mar 18: Amidst stepped up pressure by southern parties to vote against Sri Lanka at the U.N., the government on Monday said the “call” will be taken after studying the final draft of
Colombo, Mar 26: Sri Lanka today made it clear that it will not abide by the UNHRC resolution that censured it over its human rights record and said it would only implement “feasible” recommendations of
Geneva, Mar 22: Sri Lanka today faced a major embarrassment as the UN's top human rights body adopted a resolution censuring it for alleged war crimes in the conflict with LTTE as India joined the
Chennai, Mar 19: With Dravidian parties mounting pressure on Centre to support a resolution in UNHRC against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said the government will study
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