General Assembly
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India presents elaborate G4 model for UNSC reform, vouches for more permanent members
World | Mar 08, 2024, 06:21 PM ISTIndia's reform model proposes that the Security Council’s membership increase from the current 15 to 25-26, by adding six permanent and four or five non-permanent members. It stopped short of specifying which member states would occupy the new UNSC permanent seats.
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International Youth Day 2021: Theme, history and relevance
World | Aug 12, 2021, 10:09 AM ISTInternational Youth Day 2021: International Youth Day is observed on August 12 every year.
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10 controversial quotes at UNGA that still reverberate
World | Sep 27, 2019, 05:38 PM ISTIndiatvnews.com takes a walk down the history lane to bring you 10 famous quotes from the world leaders that were made at the UNGA and still reverberates across the globe.
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Sushma Swaraj arrives in New York to represent India at 73rd UN General Assembly session
News | Sep 24, 2018, 01:48 PM ISTSwaraj is set to participate in various meetings and discussions on the sidelines of the General Assembly session throughout the week.
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Israel rejects as 'preposterous' vote against Jerusalem at UNGA, thanks nations that supported 'the truth'
World | Dec 22, 2017, 02:47 PM ISTIsrael has rejected as "preposterous" the vote by 127 countries, including India, at the UN General Assembly that opposed the recent decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Donald Trump's combative first speech to the UN General Assembly: Who said what
World | Sep 20, 2017, 10:25 AM ISTOn Twitter on late Tuesday, the US President claimed he met with "leaders of many nations who agree with much (or all) of what I stated in my speech!"
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Donald Trump's United Nations General Assembly speech: Full text
World | Sep 20, 2017, 10:36 AM ISTIn his maiden address to the General Assembly, the US President said it is time to expose those providing safe havens to terror groups.
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Donald Trump calls for United Nations reform, but with more restrained tones
World | Sep 19, 2017, 09:46 AM ISTThe president urged the UN to focus "more on people and less on bureaucracy" and to change "business as usual and not be beholden to ways of the past which were not working."
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UN debates peacekeeping missions, moves closer to reforms
World | Oct 13, 2015, 02:12 PM ISTUnited Nations : Many member states have approved recent high-level reports on UN peacekeeping missions and promised procedures to ensure such missions "are effective as possible", Mogens Lykketoft, president of the 70th session of the
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PM Modi should adopt backchannel diplomacy to solve Kashmir issue: Ex-Pakistan Minister Kasuri
National | Oct 06, 2015, 05:53 PM ISTNew Delhi : The only solution to the vexed issue of Kashmir is by adopting backchannel diplomacy, says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri."Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should appoint back channel negotiators instantly
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United Nations 70th general debate begins today
World | Sep 28, 2015, 11:10 AM ISTUnited Nations : Over 150 world leaders will descend here today for the UN General Assembly's annual General Debate where issues like sustainable development, climate change, refugee crisis, terrorism and tackling ISIS would occupy the
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UN Sustainable Development Summit: All you need to know
World | Sep 26, 2015, 05:24 PM ISTUnited Nations : The Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York has started from Friday, ahead of the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders that begins on Monday.Leaders of
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Promise safe, quality education for every child: Malala at UN
World | Sep 26, 2015, 12:03 PM ISTUnited Nations: Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education advocate, on Friday asked world leaders who are here to attend UN General Assembly to promise that every child will have the right to safe, free and quality
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Malala speaks at United Nations General Assembly
World | Sep 26, 2015, 10:46 AM ISTUnited Nations: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who survived a terrorist attack for advocating girls' education and shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly from a gallery lit in
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UN General Assembly urges India, Pakistan and Israel to give up nuclear weapons
World | Dec 03, 2014, 11:29 AM ISTUnited Nations: India, backed by the United States, opposed a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on New Delhi to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons. The resolution that also targeted Israel and Pakistan, however, passed
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UN chief hopes Modi would attend UN general assembly in September
World | May 21, 2014, 06:54 PM ISTUnited Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon would "very much hope" that India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN general assembly later this year and particularly participate in the climate change summit, according
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Declare hate acts against religion a crime, Zardari tells UN
World | Sep 26, 2012, 08:22 AM ISTUnited Nations, Sep 26: Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday appealed to the international community to not become “silent observers”, and immediately take notice of the anti-islam movie, insisting such acts be declared a
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PM To Attend UN General Assembly Next Week
India | Sep 17, 2011, 06:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the United Nations General Assembly session next week in New York where India's priority will be on reforms of the powerful Security Council to reflect