India abstains from voting in UN human rights body's resolution on Sri Lanka

Geneva/United Nations: India abstained from voting on a resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

India welcomes UN resolution mentioning Hindi for first time

United Nations/New Delhi: As the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on multilingualism that referred to the Hindi language for the first time, India welcomed the move and said it is imperative that multilingualism at the UN is embraced and that New Delhi will support the UN in achieving this objective.