UN flags were lowered to half-mast at our offices around the world on Wednesday’s #WorldHumanitarianDay in honor of humanitarian workers killed while helping others.
Attacks on aid workers must end.
#ActForHumanity
It is not that he has not been briefed . He is also special envoy for the region . We will be naive that we think like that with all respects . There is something else to it . Diplomats do not use such statements without any reason. They did the same in case of Palestine and we now see their ambassador in Israel speaking whatever Israel wants .
US Ambassador Sergio Gor’s remarks in Srinagar reveal lack of understanding of Jammu and Kashmir’s history and the current situation there. Before his visit, he should have been briefed about the United States’ own policy on Kashmir and a dozen operative UN Security Council resolutions on the dispute. Jammu and Kashmir is not part of India and remains on the active agenda of the Security Council. The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), a peacekeeping mission, remains deployed. The future of Jammu and Kashmir will be determined by its people in accordance with UNSC resolutions. @USAmbIndia
How free is India
•Multiple global indices have flagged concerns over India's civic freedoms, democracy, press freedom and social tensions.
•CIVICUS downgraded India's civic space from 'Obstructed' to 'Repressed', citing restrictions on expression and human rights groups.
•Freedom House moved India from 'free' to 'partly free', while India occupied Kashmir was classified separately as 'not free'.
•V-Dem classified India as an 'electoral autocracy', citing significant deterioration in democracy, media and civil society freedoms.
•The government initially blamed methodology and later questioned the motives behind global indices as India's rankings continued declining.
@anwaar_kakar@HRCPakistan@CFR_org@_YFKOfficial@FranceskAlbs@PakistanPR_UN@UN
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on the Pakistan–Türkiye Saudi Arabia Mecca Agreement 🇵🇰🇸🇦🇹🇷
“There is no reason to worry that this pact is against Iran. Türkiye and Pakistan have deep historic ties with Iran.
"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” — Dr. Ruth Pfau 🕯️On her death anniversary, we remember Dr. Ruth Pfau with deep respect & gratitude. A German-born doctor who made Pakistan her home, she devoted her life to serving those affected by leprosy.
“If we fail to put our common humanity first, we risk losing everything that makes us strong.”
Amid a world brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability, @antonioguterres stresses:
“We have the power to chart a different course”.
If democracy means reclaiming the right to question power, why should that principle stop at Kashmir?
India’s young protesters are being told to reclaim their democratic voice.
Kashmir has been asking for political agency for generations.
The question is simple:
If the people are sovereign, where does the Kashmiri fit into the story?
My response to Arundhati Roy’s Cockroach Democracy:
Read: The Cockroaches Have a Question for India: What About Kashmir?
https://t.co/jkClizSVvl
#Kashmir #Democracy #SelfDetermination @royarundhti@abhijeet_dipke
Marking 81 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, @antonioguterres has stressed that the path to peace is built by strengthening trust and predictability.
“Together, we can ensure that the future is not defined by rivalry and risk, but by cooperation and stability.”
Malik's sustained dialogue with RSS, the ideological parent of BJP continued under Modi regime. In his affidavit, he also speaks of cordial meetings with KPs.
Yasin Malik's affidavit reveals ties with RSS leaders, visits from Shankaracharyas-III https://t.co/Uf43jZZmf9