India Elected to UN Human Rights Council

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India Elected to UN Human Rights Council​

India and 14 other countries have been elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council based in Geneva.

India was not in competition for the seat since there were four countries and four seats for the Asia block. With 189 countries voting, Indonesia received 184 votes, Philippines 183, India 181 and Kuwait 166.

Other countries to be elected to the Council included Burkina Faso, Botswana, Congo, Benin, Czech Republic, Romania, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Italy and Austria. These countries will begin their term on June 19 for a three year term.

In the wake of international condemnation of its crackdown on protesters, Syria gave up its seat to Kuwait. UN Watch, a Geneva-based group that monitors the UN, said that Burkina Faso, India, Philippines and Indonesia had questionable qualifications to be on the human rights body.

It also said that Congo and Kuwait were unqualified to sit on the Council. UN Watch said that India's statement on Syria's recent crackdown had been "mixed."

It said that New Delhi had sent a "wrong message" to Damascus by not putting human rights first and giving credit to Syria for its "positive recent reforms."

India's deputy envoy to the UN Manjeev Singh Puri dismissed the characterization that New Delhi did not have the qualifications.

Puri pointed out that India was the world's largest democracy with most multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society. Noting the votes received in the General Assembly, he told PTI, "This is the world's affirmation."

Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said that India should play a positive and leadership role on the Council.

"Too often strategic interests or geo-political loyalties have come in the way of holding governments accountable for human rights violations and India should take the lead in altering this," she said.

In a letter sent to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna ahead of the Human Rights Council election, Amnesty International urged the Indian government to ratify the Convention against Torture Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

On the domestic level, Amnesty International pointed out national human rights bodies lack independent initiative and adequate resources, and have a restricted mandate to deliver on key concerns within the country.

FILED ON: MAY 21, 2011

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[Avishek]

Good luck to him.hope he does a good job

 

[The HBS Guy]

lol. No wait, LOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

This comes exactly a year after the so-called 'Kashmir intifada'.

Oh boy!

I just can't stop laughing.

Geelani saab, aapka khel toh khatam.

Ab patthar phenkoge ya hartal karoge?

 

[Avishek]

Pls let's not go off topic.

 

[iPakMan]

Congratulations India, though with countries like Congo on board this group doesn`t seem all that "perfect".

 

[The HBS Guy]

Pls let's not go off topic.

Off-topic?

THIS IS THE TOPIC, mate!

Can't you see the middle finger the UN and the international community just showed the separatists?

 

[jha]

lol. No wait, LOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

This comes exactly a year after the so-called 'Kashmir intifada'.

Oh boy!

I just can't stop laughing.

Geelani saab, aapka khel toh khatam.

Ab patthar phenkoge ya hartal karoge?

hahahaha..Patthar hi phek sakte hain jyada se jyada..

 

[secularbuster]

Congratulations India, though with countries like Congo on board tor uncle sam his group doesn`t seem all that "perfect".

Yeah, you're right, countries like israel and india will make it perfect! This council is a hoax! Bahrain should become the chairman of this council and that will make it an ideal tool for uncle sam.

 

[tallboy123]

Lol at that Amenisty report .....

Countries elect India as human rights leader in UN...
World has shown middle finger to Amenisty and those separatists.....

 

[CardSharp]

Off-topic?

THIS IS THE TOPIC, mate!

Can't you see the middle finger the UN and the international community just showed the separatists?

China and Pakistan are also on the council.

 

[The HBS Guy]

China and Pakistan are also on the council.

So?

 

[Avishek]

If a pakistani can be iaea head why can't a indian be a unhrc head

 

[CardSharp]

So?

Just to say it's not a big deal or a clean slate with regards to human rights as you were implying.

 

[nForce]

Yeah, you're right, countries like israel and india will make it perfect! This council is a hoax! Bahrain should become the chairman of this council and that will make it an ideal tool for uncle sam.

Bangladesh: UN agencies offer relief to families still displaced by cyclone

26 August 2010 –
United Nations agencies are providing relief to about 14,000 Bangladeshi families who are still living on embankments and in need of assistance, 15 months after they lost their homes when Cyclone Aila struck the impoverished South Asian country.

The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will provide about $4.6 million of aid under the initiative, which follows a request from the Government to support its own relief programmes, the UN Country Team in Bangladesh reported today.

A recent assessment found that about 14,000 families are still living in temporary dwellings on embankments in Khulna and Satkhira districts, and concerns about their situation have mounted given their vulnerability during the current monsoon season.

Dozens of people died when Cyclone Aila struck Bangladesh and India in May last year and thousands more lost their homes and sought temporary shelter.

For the next five months WFP has pledged to provide a monthly family food ration that consists of 30 kilograms of rice, five kilograms of pulses and three kilograms of vegetable oil. Households with pregnant or lactating women or children under the age of two will receive an additional allocation of fortified blended food.

UNDP is distributing plastic sheets, ropes, nails, hammers, knives, umbrellas and bamboo as part of shelter packages to those in need.

UNICEF is handing out iron and folate supplements to young children and pregnant and lactating women to reduce malnutrition and the agency will also provide advice and information to families on appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene practices.

The current initiative is being assisted by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.

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this is hoax too??

 

[nForce]

Just to say it's not a big deal or a clean slate with regards to human rights as you were implying.

I wonder how many countries will be left if we try checking 'cleanliness'.Everybody has blood in his hand in some form.India has done fairly in spite of its massive diversity in religion culture and ethnicity.India is there because of its policies and influence...