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Syria welcomes UN resolution to investigate human-rights violations

The resolution, which calls for Syria’s new government to support inquiries into crimes committed during the conflict that started in 2011, passed without opposition at the Human Rights Council in...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. TBS Sketch

Bangladesh

Momen optimistic about Bangladesh’s chances at UN Human Rights Council election

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends an event at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report - document

A Palestinian flag flies as the ruins of houses, which were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the Israeli-Palestinian fighting, are seen, in Gaza Strip, May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Middle East

UN-mandated rights inquiry rebukes Israel for seeking 'complete control'

China

UN Human Rights Commissioner Bachelet begins visit to China

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaks to reporters at Bucharest train station after announcing Washington will seek to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, in Bucharest, Romania April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Michelle Nichols/File Photo

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UN to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Ukraine

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