There was considerable excitement last week when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the new set of 17 goals for sustainable development. These goals replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) adopted by the UN in 2000.These MDGs are to
United 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
United Nations : Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the audience at the opening session of the UN summit with 'namaste'.Wearing a brown bandgalla, the prime minister came to the podium and turned to the dais
United Nations: The G-4 bloc of India, Japan, Brazil and Germany will give a "strong push" to inter- governmental negotiations for achieving early UNSC reform when its leaders meet for a summit today, a top
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged that the dreaded terror group Islamic State poses one of the greatest challenges facing the international community today and said there is a need to "delink terrorism
Washington: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second US trip in a year, a commentary in a leading daily said he remained "India's best hope for an economic renaissance" while another suggested that he
Beijing: India's alliance with Japan, Germany and Brazil to push for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council is the country's "biggest mistake", according to an article in a state-run Chinese daily on
United Nations: Peace and cooperation with Afghanistan will enable Pakistan to fully defeat the common threat from violent groups, Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's ambassador to the UN has said.She said it would pave the way for
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the Kashmir issue and alleged Indian interference in the country at the UN General Assembly's upcoming session later this month, a top official said today. “Pakistan will
Hamburg: A UN tribunal today asked both India and Italy to “suspend” all court proceedings involving two Italian marines charged with killing of two Indian fishermen in 2012 and also refrain from initiating new ones
United Nations: The UN Security Council has condemned attacks against civilians in Syria and underscored the need for a political transition to end the conflict that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address a high-level summit on sustainable development hosted by the UN on September 25 when the new and ambitious post-2015 development agenda will be adopted.The United
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the closure of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), a media report said.The first-ever UN emergency health mission was established in September 2014 with its
Washington: India is expected to surpass China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022, the United Nations said today.China and India remain the two largest countries in the world, each with more than
New Delhi: P.B. Acharya, governor of Assam and Nagaland, on Tuesday paid tributes to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, reminding people that the 79th birthday of the silver-haired "people's president" was observed as World Students'
United Nations: An estimated 285,000 people have been affected by floods in Chitral district, north-west Pakistan, said a UN spokesperson here.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that heavy monsoon rains, rapid
New Delhi: The central government has taken note of the United Nations annual hunger report, and accorded high priority to the issue of hunger, a union minister said on Wednesday."The government has taken note of
United Nations: The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is looking into Pakistan's complaints about ceasefire violations by India, a UN spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.Replying to a reporter's question, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's Deputy
United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved the landmark agreement reached with Iran by its permanent members and Germany aimed at stopping Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.The resolution presented by the US
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned "in the strongest terms" a bomb attack on a market in Baghdad that killed over 100 people, media reported.Ban voiced his hope that the perpetrators "are
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