AFTERNOON
26 February 2021
The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on the oral update of Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Ms. Bachelet presented her oral update as well as her reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 pandemic in a previous meeting. A summary can be found here.
At the beginning of the meeting, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Cyprus, Eritrea and Venezuela spoke as concerned countries.
In the general debate, some speakers praised the COVAX initiative, adding that the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines must be fair, universal and inclusive of the poorest countries. They expressed concern about national monopolies concerning the COVID-19 vaccines, underlining that global safety and security depended on the health of everyone. Some speakers said Western countries continued to consider themselves as reference points for democracy and inter
Pakistan's continued misuse of various platforms to engage in baseless & malicious propaganda against India is not new, said an Indian diplomat at UNHRC.
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A cause for concern
A cause for concern
In a situation where the dividing line between a democratic protest and a planned attempt by the Opposition to use street agitation for bringing down an elected government was getting blurred, the events of the recent weeks call for a deep examination of whether forces inimical to India were fishing in troubled waters to cause internal destabilization here – in furtherance of the “proxy war” that had been conducted by them against India over the years.
DC Pathak (The writer is a former Director Intelligence Bureau)
In a situation where the dividing line between a democratic protest and a planned attempt by the Opposition to use street agitation for bringing down an elected government was getting blurred, the events of the recent weeks call for a deep examination of whether forces inimical to India were fishing in troubled waters to cause internal destabilization here – in furtherance of the proxy war that had been conducted b