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India, as a responsible nuclear weapon state, is committed to maintaining credible minimum deterrence with the posture of no-first use and non-use against non-nuclear weapon states, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday.

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Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka The UN Human Rights Council’s first session of the year 2021 to be held from 22nd February to 23 rd March is the most important because it opens with the participation of member states at the Ministerial level, known as the High-Level Segment. Often, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Human Rights, Justice Ministers and others of similar rank speak at the Council on behalf of their countries and take up issues of human rights around the world.  As in the other two s...

Uganda: UNHCR Operational Update, 1 – 31 December 2020 Format The Ugandan borders have remained closed for asylum since March 2020 due to COVID-19. However, spontaneuos movements to/from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued via unofficial crossing points, owing to the dire humanitarian situation in these countries. These movements cannot be fully verified and accounted for. cannot be fully verified and accounted COVID-19 UPDATE Cumulatively, as of 31 December 2...

What’s In Store In Geneva For The Sri Lankan Government  Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka The UN Human Rights Council’s first session of the year 2021 to be held from 22nd February to 23 rd March is the most important because it opens with the participation of member states at the Ministerial level, known as the High-Level Segment. Often, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Human Rights, Justice Ministers and others of similar rank speak at the Council on behalf of their countries and take up issues...

Global Refugee Forum: West and Central Africa Stock-Taking Event, 14-15 December 2020 Format On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December 2020, on the eve of the first anniversary of the Global Refugee Forum, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) co-hosted a regional online event to take stock of progresses made and actions needed to operationalize the pledges made at the GRF and the High-Le...

UN Refugee Agency commends The Philippines’ efforts to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people Format UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the efforts of the Philippine Supreme Court in establishing a new committee to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the country. Under the leadership of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, the Special Committee on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Individuals will lay the foundations for re...

24 Dec 2020 Kamran takes his oath of allegiance to conclude the naturalisation process. Photo: © UNHCR/F. Tanggol UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the efforts of the Philippine Supreme Court in establishing a new committee to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the country. Under the leadership of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, the Special Committee on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Individuals will lay the foundations for refugees ...

Rwanda: 1000 hills and a big heart One year on: Nine pledges made by the Government of Rwanda at the Global Refugee Forum on education, livelihoods, protection, energy and environment, and health show progress and promise. By Nayana Bose  |  18 Dec 2020 Mugombwa: Refugee children study the same national curriculum along with host community children in the school close to the camp. ©UNHCR/Eugene Sibomana The one-year mark of the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) held in Geneva, allows us to ref...