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India in UN Human Rights Council 22 October 2014
India on Tuesday was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council [UNHRC] for the period 2015-2017, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. Four seats were up for the elections and India is competing with Indonesia,...
Keywords: United Nations, Asia-Pacific group, Human Rights, Human Rights
Read MoreIndia in UN ECOSOC 30 October 2014
India has been re-elected in United Nations Economic and Social Council [ECOSOC] with majority votes. This came just a week after India got re-elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council [UNHRC] for the period of 2015-17. India will be...
Keywords: India, UN ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Council
Read MoreColombo just woke up to Indian Nuke, post UN 11 April 2012
Colombo’s vindictive stand against India is admonished. Colombo just woke up to the fact that Indian Nuke plants post the UN resolution, on war crimes. Sri Lanka had the big brother support from China while the resolution proposed by US...
Keywords: War Crimes, Colombo worries, DMK, resolution on Lanka
Read MoreColombo decides to go against UNHRC 27 March 2012
Seriously contemplating over the issue the Lankan government felt that by accepting the UN resolution would only mean that staking their sovereignty. The crisis was much seen as the means to avoid introspection of the war crimes committed during the...
Keywords: Sri Lanka, War crimes., LTTE, UNHRC
Read MoreSri Lanka things UNHRC resolution is politicized 21 March 2013
UNHRC's resolution which was sponsored by the US met with great criticism by Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The island nation opined that the resolution was was meant to discredit and single out the country on the allegations of violating the...
Keywords: discrediting, UN high commissioner of the human rights, sri lankan tamils, discrediting
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