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US expected to retreat from main UN rights forum: activists, diplomats
UN rights forum last month voted to set up probe into killings in Gaza and accused Israel of excessive use of force
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UN rights chief calls for major probe into IOK abuses
Zeid Al Hussein is urging Human Rights Council to consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry in held Kashmir
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Pakistan elected to UN's principal committee
Pakistan is one of the four countries elected to the ECOSOC representing the Asia Pacific region
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UN votes on condemning Israel over Gaza violence
Diplomats are expecting the US amendment to fail and the Arab-backed resolution to pass and prosper
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US seeks UN vote on condemning Hamas over Gaza
The proposed resolution is fundamentally imbalanced that ignores basic truths about the situation in Gaza, Haley said
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Qatar takes UAE to UN top court over 'rights violations'
Qatari foreign ministry denounces 'human rights violations arising from the UAE's discrimination against Qatar'
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Heavy clashes near Yemen's Hodeidah as UN seeks ceasefire
Clashes as UN tries to negotiate a ceasefire to avert a possible assault on the Yemen's main port city, Hodeidah
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Emergency UN General Assembly meeting on Gaza called for Wednesday
The emergency meeting has been pushed by the Organization of Islamic States and the Arab League
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UN Security Council elects five members for two-year term
In a typical year the UN General Assembly elects five new members
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China hosts Russia, Iran for summit as US tensions rise
Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the meeting
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46 migrants drown, 16 missing, off shore of Yemen
At least 100 migrants were crammed into a smuggler's boat that left the port of Bossaso in Somalia on Tuesday
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Gaza Protest: PIMA president condemns killing
PIMA President has strongly condemned recent bombings by Israeli forces and the killing of medical personnel
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US warns United Arab Emirates against assault on Yemeni port Hodeidah
UN officials warn against an assault on Hodeidah
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Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity
European governments trying to salvage agreement ever since US withdrawal
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Saudi Arabia says new Yemen missile intercepted
Saudi air defences on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen that targeted the western city of Yanbu
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Pakistan urges access to assistive technology
Technology aimed to help people with non-communicable diseases
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America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump-UN expert
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty, called on US authorities to provide solid social protection
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Peacekeepers honoured
Our soldiers and policemen while donning the uniform of peacekeepers have left a legacy of endurance and peace
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US vetoes UN resolution denouncing violence against Palestinians
Nikki Haley holds Hamas responsible for creating awful living conditions in Gaza
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Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including tar and others that can narrow arteries
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Why neutral, peaceful Sweden is preparing for war
Over the last two weeks, every household in Sweden received a booklet of instructions on how to prepare for war
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UN probes attacks on Syria hospitals after location shared with Russia
Four health facilities were hit this year after their GPS coordinates were shared with Russia and the United States
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Afghan Special Forces kill nine civilians: officials
Civilian casualties remain high in Afghanistan's grinding conflict with more than 10,000 killed or wounded in 2017
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CBM blues
Recent incidents across the LoC have underlined the futility of dialogue through ‘confidence building measures’
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UN urges Saudi-led coalition to speed Yemen imports, avoid starvation
United Nations says more than 22 million people need humanitarian assistance in Yemen
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UN warns of violence as 14,000 people flee Central African Republic
UN refugee agency alarmed over displacement of people faces situation of little help and desperate need
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Pakistan will continue to support Palestine, says Lodhi
Lodhi criticised the UNSC for remaining silent and not condemning the atrocities committed by the Israeli military
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UN has 'collapsed' in the face of Gaza violence, says Turkey's Erdogan
Turkey is among the most vocal critics of the Israeli use of deadly force against protesters at the Gaza border
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near border as Gaza buries dead
Medical officials say 107 now killed in the protests
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US envoy storms out of UNSC meeting called after Gaza carnage
US blocks UN probe, Haley leaves before Palestinian envoy takes the stage
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PM urges world to stop bloodbath of Kashmiris
Abbasi flays rights violations by Indian forces
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Venezuela, Pence calls for more action
Trump opts not to impose sanctions on a Venezuelan oil services company and on insurance coverage
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Israel pulls out of race for UN Security Council seat
No reason was given for the withdrawal, but diplomats apprehend losing seat to Germany and Belgium
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Israeli troops fire shots, tear gas at Gaza protesters, 350 Palestinians hurt
Army gunfire has killed at least 43 Palestinians on the frontier over the last month
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Syria's war grinds on, no respite for civilians, UN says
Idlib region remains the largest populated area of Syria in the hands of insurgents fighting the Damascus government
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Integration of disabled people into society our responsibility, says Senate chairman
Chairman senate urges that parliament and parliament lodges to be made disable-friendly
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Thousands flee fresh clashes in northern Myanmar
Rights groups say the army has stepped up its campaign in remote areas of Myanmar amid the Rohingya crisis
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UN council visits Myanmar as it eyes action on Rohingya crisis
The UN adopted a called on Myanmar to rein in its military in a statement issued in November
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Women listed as inventors in third of global patent filings: UN
Biotech counts women inventors in 58 per cent of all filings, mechanical elements just 14 per cent
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Donors set to stump up billions for Syria
Some 6.1 million people are now internally displaced in Syria
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Russia, China call on UN nuclear forum to save Iran deal
Russian official Yermakov describes the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as 'quite a fragile compromise'
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Threat of nuclear weapons use growing, warns UN
Despite commitments to NPT, world powers engaged in modernising existing arsenals
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Political and armed forces now share same perspective on upholding democracy: Maleeha Lodhi
Ambassador says, this will be the second term in which government is handed over to elected officials
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A new approach to peace
The kind of peace that won’t disappear at the next election cycle
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UN nuclear agency tests drones to fight disease-carrying mosquitoes
The nuclear technique will be used to suppress the insect that spreads Zika and other diseases
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Seven Pakistani peacekeepers posthumously honoured with UN medal
Pakistan stands as one of the largest troop contributing country for UN peace keeping missions
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Chemical inspectors await all-clear to begin work in Syria's Douma
'Syrian government did all that it can do to facilitate the work of this mission'
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Pakistan re-elected in UNICEF, Committee on NGOs
ECOSOC elections held at UN headquarters in New York on Monday
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First Rohingya family repatriated to Myanmar: government
Many Rohingya refugees fear returning to a country where they saw their relatives murdered by soldiers
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Time for 'civilised nations' to unite to end Syria civil war: US Defense Secretary Mattis
Western allies defend bombardment, Trump calls them response to 'crimes of a monster'