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China Accused of Practicing Racial Discrimination by United Nations Watchdog Body
September 04, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
China’s aggressive efforts to position itself as a global leader recently came under challenge at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the global watch dog on racial discrimination. CERD expressed serious concern ove...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, UNCERD Report, Persecution of Uyghurs, Human rights in Xinjiang
India’s Soft Power and Heritage: A Gift to the World
July 04, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become as important a tool of diplomacy for States as hard power. It promotes inter-cultural dialogue, essential to counter the multiple challenges to the existing world order by non-State ...

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies, Commentary, India’s soft power, India’s civilisation heritage
UNHRC Report on ‘Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018'
June 18, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
Created as a follow-up to the Vienna Declaration on Human Rights in June 1993, the Office of the newly created High Commissioner for Human Rights was intended to ensure a balanced and equitable implementation of all human rights, be they ‘political...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Prejudiced Report on Kashmir, Credibility of UNHRC
Politics and Implications of US Withdrawal from the UNESCO
October 23, 2017 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
On Thursday, 12th October, 2017, the Trump Administration abruptly announced that United States would withdraw from its membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation or the UNESCO. Israel made a similar...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, US, India, US, UNESCO, Trump, Bhaswati Mukherjee, US Withdrawal
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