India at UNHRC: backs resolution on Afghanistan; votes for EthiopiaUnder the resolution, UNHRC has appointed a special rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and present a writte...
India, Brazil abstains from UNHRC vote on Russian rights recordThe UNHRC passed the resolution presented last week by all European Union member countries except Hungary, on a 17-6 vote, with 24 abstenti...
MEA defends decision to abstain from 'Xinjiang rights abuses' voteIndia along with Ukraine, Armenia, Brazil and others had abstained during the UNHRC vote. Sources recalled China didn't take a strident ant...
Lankan president says his govt will not succumb to UNHRC pressureThe UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution against Sri Lanka's rights record on March 23, giving the UN body a mandate to col...
High charged but quiet Indian diplomacy blunts desperate Pakistan in UNGA & UNHRCThe focus was at both UNHRC and UNGA session was not just on big powers but also on its development partners and traditional allies across ...
Pakistan fails to get support in UNHRCPakistan has failed to secure the support of minimum 16 nations to move a resolution on Kashmir in the 47-member UN Human Rights Council (U...
India flays Pakistan at UNHRC, against any foreign interferenceEarlier in the day, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, levelled allegations and made unsubstantiated claims that Jammu and Kas...
India talking to members to avoid abstentions at UNHRCIndia wants to avoid a situation where member-countries abstain en masse during the vote on Kashmir.
India on diplomatic drive to win over 13 European states of UNHRCEuropean countries seen as make-or-break bloc to defeat Pakistan resolution on Kashmir issue.
European envoys informed about Kashmir situationIndia’s move coincides with Pakistan approaching the Genevabased United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for “a resolution against Indi...
Mahinda Rajapaksa asks Sirisena government to reject UNHRC report on Sri LankanRajapaksa asked the government to reject a UNHRC report that called for a special court with international judges to probe the alleged war ...
- Tamil protest walk to urge UNHRC for international war crimes probe
Two hardline members of Sri Lanka's main Tamil party today started a five-day protest walk to demand an international war crimes probe.
DMK president urges PM Modi to move resolution in UN against genocide in Sri LankaDMK president M Karunanidhi today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider moving a resolution in the UNHRC against Sri Lanka over al...
G K Vasan expresses reservation on India not voting at UNHRC against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violationsG K Vasan joined P Chidambaram in expressing reservations over India not voting in favour of a resolution at UNHRC against Sri Lanka.
US welcomes passage of UNHRC resolution on Sri LankaUS has welcomed the passage of UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka and said it sends a "clear message" to the Rajapaksa government.
Voting on UNHRC resolution beginsThe voting on US-sponsored draft resolution before UN Human Rights Council in (UNHRC) has begun.
- Support to UNHRC resolution will not affect ties with Lanka: Vayalar Ravi
Ravi said India supported the UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka keeping in mind Tamil sentiments, but assured that it would not affect rel...