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Jagpreet Kaur. File | Photo Credit: Photo Credit: X/@JagKaur_IFS India has slammed Pakistan as it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, saying it should introspect on its own appalling human rights record and “deserved global reputation” as the “world’s terrorism factory”. Under Secretary in India’s Permanent…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia, on September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles…
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan and Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya attend a meeting of the Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The UN Security Council on October 25 failed again to…
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It also came as the White House said President Joe Biden would visit Israel on Wednesday. United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday rejected a Russian resolution condemning spiraling violence in the Middle East, with delegates refusing to back a motion that did not single out Hamas for its surprise attack on Israel that…
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The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved 3,500 extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti and ensure that desperately needed aid gets to earthquake victims. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote Monday on a resolution that would authorize a one-year deployment of an international…
Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee…
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol sounded a warning to fellow world leaders on September 21 about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia, saying any action by a permanent U.N. Security Council member to circumvent international norms would be dangerous…
Sustainability and stability are as much needed as transformation, PM Modi said. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong pitch for expansion of the UN Security Council and reforms in all global institutions, asserting that they should reflect the world’s “new realities” as it is nature’s law that those who don’t…
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Mr Guterres also praised India for its initiative to launch the International Year of Millets. New Delhi: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he fully understands India’s aspirations to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council but asserted that it is for the member countries to decide about the reform of the…
The UN Secretary-General urged countries to come together and act together for the common good. New Delhi: A day after an official said the United Nations Secretary General has been a “strong advocate” for India getting a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, Antonio Guterres has said in New Delhi that the institution…