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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in
In their joint statement released on Thursday, the UN experts underscored the intolerable nature of human rights violations faced by young women and...
Heat, wildfires, floods make summer of 2023 'a summer of extremes'
The summer of 2023 is "a summer of extremes" due to the scorching heat, wildfires and floods that have resulted in major damage to people's health and...
India raises concerns over EU's carbon tax, deforestation regulation
These countries raised the issues in a two-day meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, which concluded on July 7 in Geneva.
Russia's envoy: No grounds to maintain grain deal status quo
Russia's envoy to the United Nations in Geneva said there were no grounds to maintain the "status quo" of the Black Sea grain deal that is set to...
Swiss parliament greenlights investigation into Credit Suisse crash
It comes after two sub-committees supported a deeper investigation into how the government, Swiss central bank and financial market regulator acted in...
CAG GC Murmu re-elected as external editor at WHO for another 4-year...
The election was held on Monday in the seventy-sixth World Health Assembly in Geneva, where the CAG of India was re-elected with an overwhelming...
First-ever Global Refugee Forum opens in Geneva
The 3-day event brings together refugees, heads of state and government, UN leaders, international institutions, development organizations, business...
Imran to represent Pak at refugee forum in Geneva
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Switzerland government will jointly host the GRF - the first major meeting on refugees of the...