Volker Turk used his opening speech to the Human Rights Council in Geneva to call for greater cooperation and singled out many countries such as Syria, Iran and Eritrea which were not.
Women from ethnic & religious minorities such as the Hindu, Hazara, Tajik, and other communities are even more vulnerable in Afghanistan, a group of UN human rights experts said.
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo says UN once again elected countries with abhorrent human rights records. Rights groups said 'some of the world’s worst abusers' got elected.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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