Tag: #Geneva
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PM urges int’l community to take prompt notice of imminent refugees’ crises in IOJ&K, Assam
GENEVA (Switzerland), Dec 17 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday forewarned the world community about the possible consequences which might inflict the neighbouring countries, especially Pakistan once the refugees’ crises started unfolding itself in the wake of illegal and unilateral steps taken by the Indian government in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) and in the…
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Three women named finalists for top human rights prize
Geneva, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):A Yemeni lawyer who exposed secret prisons and torture, a Mexican champion fighting femicide and a South African women’s rights activist were nominated Tuesday for a top human rights prize. This marks the first time that the Martin Ennals Award jury has presented three women finalists to be in the running for…
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Get moving! Four in five adolescents don’t exercise enough: WHO
Geneva, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said Friday, warning that girls especially need more exercise. In its first ever report on global trends for adolescent physical activity, the UN health agency stressed that urgent action was…
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UN expert apologises for faulty figure on children in US migration detention
Geneva, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): An independent UN expert has apologised for misspeaking during a news conference in Geneva this week, correcting his claim that more than 100,000 children were being held in migration-related US detention. AFP and a range of other media outlets were forced to retract their stories after it became clear that the…
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Egypt rejects UN expert report labeling Morsi death ‘arbitrary killing’
Geneva, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): An Egyptian government minister slammed a UN expert who warned that former president Mohamed Morsi’s death in June could amount to a “state-sanctioned arbitrary killing”, but said Cairo was investigating. “The former president (Morsi) died in the courtroom in front of everybody,” Egyptian Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Omar Marwan told AFP,…
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WHO prequalifies first Ebola vaccine
Geneva, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it had prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, hailing a “critical step” towards its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of outbreaks. “This is the fastest vaccine prequalification process ever conducted by WHO,” it said in a statement,…
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Airline Swiss grounds 29 A220 planes to check engines
Geneva, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): Switzerland’s main airline said Tuesday it had urgently grounded its entire fleet of Airbus A220s for engine checks, after one of the planes experienced technical problems. The decision came after a flight from London to Geneva was rerouted to Paris early Tuesday due to “a new incident raising questions about the…
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UN and Venezuela agree closer cooperation on human rights
Geneva, Sept 24 (AFP/APP):The United Nations said Tuesday that it will be permitted to more closely monitor the human rights situation in crisis-torn Venezuela after signing an agreement with Caracas to tighten cooperation. UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 20 establishing “a framework…