GENEVA, March 23, 2012 India on Thursday voted for a United States-sponsored resolution at the United Nations' top human rights body censuring Sri Lanka for its alleged rights violations during the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. India initially showed reluctance to vote on a nation-specific resolution but changed its stand after political parties in Tamil Nadu exerted pressure on the United Progressive Alliance government to go with the resolution. The DMK, ...
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New Delhi, March 20, 2012 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Monday that India was “inclined to vote in favour” of a resolution on promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka at the ongoing 19{+t}{+h} session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. “That, we hope, will advance our objective, namely the achievement of the future for the Tamil community in Sri Lanka that is marked by equality, dignity, justice and self-respect,'' Dr. Singh told the ...
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Chennai, March 9, 2012 DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Friday said India should declare support for the U.S.-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council meet in Geneva for alleged “war crimes” on Tamils during the internal conflict. “The tears have not dried up. If those in the Central government watched those visuals just once they would realise the importance of the plea made on behalf of the people of Tamil Nadu,” Mr. ...
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United Nations, February 17, 2012 India was among 137 members of the U.N. General Assembly that voted on Friday to approve a resolution, which “strongly” condemns all violence and human rights violations in Syria and supports Arab League efforts to resolve the nearly year long crisis in the country. The resolution, adopted by a vote of 137 in favour to 12 against with 17 abstentions, also called on Syria “to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and ...
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Islamabad, January 24, 2012 (Tehelkanews) The upper house of Pakistan’s parliament on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution that demanded the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf on his arrival in the country and the registration of a case of high treason against him. The resolution was moved in the Senate by Raza Rabbani, a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party. Mr. Rabbani accused Mr. Musharraf, currently living in self-exile in London and Dubai, ...
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NEW DELHI: Helpless against the depredations of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and the continued holding of 53 Indians, India on Monday co-sponsored a UN Security Council resolution against hostage-taking by the pirates. The Security Council passed the resolution 1976 strongly condemning the growing practice of hostage-taking by pirates operating off the coast of Somalia, particularly criticizing the inhuman conditions hostages face in captivity. It also recognized the adverse impact of ...
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BEIJING, March 18, 2011 The Chinese government on Friday said it had “serious reservations” over the United Nations Security Council’s resolution authorising a no-fly zone and air strikes to protect civilians in Libya. “We oppose the use of force in international relations and have some serious reservations with part of the resolution,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said in a statement. China, along with India, was among a group of five countries in the 15-member ...
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