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China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but accepted others from allies, as it sought to defend its stanley drinking cup record at a U.N. meeting. The U.N. review of China is not unique and all countries undergo the process every few years at the council - the only intergovernmental body designed to protect human rights worldwide. File/Reuters The U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva caps off a review process in which Beijing has strived to fend off criticism fo stanley cup llowing a 2022 U.N. report which said the detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China s Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. China denies any abuses. The council s president, Omar Zniber, said China had accepted nearly 70% of the more than 400 reform recommendations it received as part of the U.N. review. P stanley becher rogress and development on human rights is achieved in China with each passing day, China s ambassador, Chen Xu, told the meeting, alongside a large delegation of Chinese diplomats and officials. He said it rejected recommendations that were politically motivated based on disinformation, ideologically biased or interfering in China s traditional sovereignty and condemned what he called an attempt to smear and attack it. Yet China s critics say its high acceptance rate is misleading, with one Western diplomat alleging the country had stacked the deck by investing politi Ywfk US seeks collaboration with China with eye on national security: Yellen
Israel and Britain are exploring the possibility of opening a green travel corridor between them, Israel s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, citing the success of the two countries vaccination drives. A teenager receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease in Tel Aviv, Israel. Reuters The issue was discussed at a meeting between Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove in Jerusalem, an Israeli statement said. We will promote, together with the UK, mutual recognition of vaccines in order to allow tourists and business people from both countries to safely return to their routines, the statement quoted Ashkenazi as saying. Israel and Britain had made great progress in their vaccination campaigns, opening the possibility of creating a green travel corridor , the ministry said. It gave no timeline for implementing such a measure, which apparently would apply only to vaccinated travellers. Israel said last week it will start allowing the limited entry of vaccinated tourist groups a stanley termos s of May 23. The return of foreigners after Israel had closed its borders at the outset of the pandemic in March 2020 would boost the country s economy, which contracted 2.5% in 2020, and battered tourism sector. Britain, which has the world s fifth-worst official COVID-19 death Stanley cup website toll, has vaccinated 32.9 milli stanley termoska on people with a first dose. About 81% of Israel s citizens or residents over 16 - the age group eligible for the Pfizer /BioNTe
China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but accepted others from allies, as it sought to defend its stanley drinking cup record at a U.N. meeting. The U.N. review of China is not unique and all countries undergo the process every few years at the council - the only intergovernmental body designed to protect human rights worldwide. File/Reuters The U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva caps off a review process in which Beijing has strived to fend off criticism fo stanley cup llowing a 2022 U.N. report which said the detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China s Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity. China denies any abuses. The council s president, Omar Zniber, said China had accepted nearly 70% of the more than 400 reform recommendations it received as part of the U.N. review. P stanley becher rogress and development on human rights is achieved in China with each passing day, China s ambassador, Chen Xu, told the meeting, alongside a large delegation of Chinese diplomats and officials. He said it rejected recommendations that were politically motivated based on disinformation, ideologically biased or interfering in China s traditional sovereignty and condemned what he called an attempt to smear and attack it. Yet China s critics say its high acceptance rate is misleading, with one Western diplomat alleging the country had stacked the deck by investing politi Ywfk US seeks collaboration with China with eye on national security: Yellen
Israel and Britain are exploring the possibility of opening a green travel corridor between them, Israel s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, citing the success of the two countries vaccination drives. A teenager receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease in Tel Aviv, Israel. Reuters The issue was discussed at a meeting between Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove in Jerusalem, an Israeli statement said. We will promote, together with the UK, mutual recognition of vaccines in order to allow tourists and business people from both countries to safely return to their routines, the statement quoted Ashkenazi as saying. Israel and Britain had made great progress in their vaccination campaigns, opening the possibility of creating a green travel corridor , the ministry said. It gave no timeline for implementing such a measure, which apparently would apply only to vaccinated travellers. Israel said last week it will start allowing the limited entry of vaccinated tourist groups a stanley termos s of May 23. The return of foreigners after Israel had closed its borders at the outset of the pandemic in March 2020 would boost the country s economy, which contracted 2.5% in 2020, and battered tourism sector. Britain, which has the world s fifth-worst official COVID-19 death Stanley cup website toll, has vaccinated 32.9 milli stanley termoska on people with a first dose. About 81% of Israel s citizens or residents over 16 - the age group eligible for the Pfizer /BioNTe
