Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres

Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres

“Our common interest in preserving the domain of outer space, a province of humankind that benefits us all, requires agile and multi-stakeholder governance responses,” he wrote in the introduction.  The policy brief examines some of the “unprecedented” changes underway in outer space, including the sheer volume of satellites being launched into orbit, the participation of the…

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Uganda: UN rights chief calls on President not to sign anti-homosexuality bill

Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

The draconian law foresees the application of the death penalty and long prison sentences for consensual sex between adults. Non-discrimination principle Mr. Guterres called on Uganda to fully respect its international human rights obligations, “in particular the principle of non-discrimination and the respect for personal privacy”, irrespective of sexual orientation and gender identity. He also…

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UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which took over from the ICTY – in 2021, for their roles training death squads accused of ethnic cleansing during the conflict that saw the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s….

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After the failed G-20, the Modi government was forced to hold the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting online

After the failed G-20, the Modi government was forced to hold the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting online

Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in India to be held on July 4; Photo: File New Delhi: The Modi government, fed up with the worst failure of the G-20 meeting in Occupied Kashmir, found relief in holding the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization online. According to Indian media, Foreign Minister Jaishankar announced that the 22nd…

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