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India set to take over as President of UN Security Council for month of August
World | Jul 31, 2021, 09:28 AM ISTPresidency of the UN Security Council for August will be in the hands of India, and it is set to host signature events in three major areas of maritime security, peacekeeping and counterterrorism during the month.
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Portugal supports inclusion of India as permanent member of UNSC: IPU President
News | Mar 16, 2021, 12:56 PM ISTPortugal supports inclusion of India as the permanent member of United Nations Security Council, said the President of Inter-Parliamentary Union, Duarte Pacheco while addressing the Member of Parliament at the Central Hall of Parliament on March 16.
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UN Security Council to discuss situation in Myanmar following military coup
World | Feb 02, 2021, 11:24 AM ISTThe UN Security Council on Tuesday will discuss the situation in Myanmar, where the military staged a coup after detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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India to chair 3 key subsidiary bodies of UN Security Council: TS Tirumurti
News | Jan 08, 2021, 11:02 AM ISTPermanent Representative of India at United Nations Security Council, TS Tirumurti on January 08 informed that India will chair 3 key subsidiary bodies of UN Security Council.
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India stresses Security Council to list terror entities involved in violence against women
India | Oct 30, 2020, 07:48 AM IST"Violence against women and girls perpetrated by terrorists deserve our strong condemnation. Such women-targeted violence distorts the very basis on which civilised societies rest," India said in a statement to the Security Council open debate on Women, Peace and Security Thursday.
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Combating terrorism going to be priority for us in Security Council: India's Envoy to UN
News | Jun 18, 2020, 11:17 AM ISTThe India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti informed on June 18 that the United Nations member States elected India for non-permanent seat in the Security Council for the term 2021-22 with overwhelming support.
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UN Security Council elections to be held on June 17
World | Jun 02, 2020, 10:43 AM ISTElections for five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council will be held on June 17, according to the world body's provisional programme.
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China withdraws request for discussion on Kashmir in UN Security Council
World | Dec 18, 2019, 01:30 PM ISTA European diplomatic official, before heading into the Security Council closed consultations, said that the discussion on Kashmir will not take place as China has withdrawn its request.
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UNSC closed door meeting on Kashmir concludes; China admits India victim of 'global spread of terrorism'
World | Aug 16, 2019, 09:54 PM ISTChina said that separatist and religious extremist forces, spreading "Pan-Turkism" and "Pan-Islamism", attempted to create a theocratic state they called "East Turkistan" in the remote province of Xinjiang.
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India must have permanent seat in UN Security Council: German envoy
India | May 21, 2019, 06:05 PM IST"India must have a permanent seat in the UN Security Council...India with 1.4 billion people is not yet a permanent member, this is unheard of. This can't go on like this because it hurts the credibility of the United Nations system," Lindner said.
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Doubts raised over Pakistan's battle against terror financing
World | May 17, 2019, 04:57 PM ISTThe Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has raised questions on Pakistan's seriousness in its campaign against terror financing and money laundering, the media reported on Friday.
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Rouhani slams 'unprecedented' US pressure on Iran
World | May 12, 2019, 04:49 PM ISTRouhani's comments on Saturday came amid rising tensions with Washington which last week deployed warships and warplanes to the Gulf. He said the renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 war with neighbouring Iraq.
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India ‘absolutely needed’ as permanent member of UN Security Council, says France
World | May 07, 2019, 08:12 PM ISTIndia and nations like Germany, Brazil and Japan are “absolutely needed” as permanent members of a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council to better reflect contemporary realities and the addition of these key members to the UN high-table is among France’s “strategic” priorities, the French envoy to the UN has said.
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UN Security Council reform process "contentious" issue: General Assembly President
World | Mar 09, 2019, 02:46 PM ISTIndia has been at the forefront of efforts at the UN to push for an urgent long-pending reform of the Security Council, emphasising that it rightly deserves a place at the UN high table as a permanent member.
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Trump admin reiterates its support for India's bid for permanent membership in reformed UNSC
World | Sep 29, 2018, 09:37 AM ISTAmerican diplomat Alice Wells said that the US reiterates its support for India's role in a reformed UN Security Council.
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Pak terror groups used children in Kashmir during clashes with security forces: UNSG report
World | Jun 28, 2018, 12:04 PM ISTThe annual report of the UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict, covering the January-December 2017 period, said globally, over 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict last year while more than 8,000 were recruited or used as combatants.
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Aaj Ka Viral: Syria air strikes—Will there be World War 3 ?
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Hafiz Saeed among 139 Pakistanis on UN terror list, Dawood Ibrahim's name also included
World | Apr 04, 2018, 08:56 PM ISTThe United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) consolidated list of terrorists or terror-supporting organisations include 139 Pakistanis.
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Pak won’t allow UN team any direct access to 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed: Report
World | Jan 22, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTThe monitoring team of the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee will visiting Islamabad this week for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime.
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Pakistan brings up Kulbhushan Jadhav in UN Security Council debate
World | Jan 20, 2018, 11:14 AM ISTJadhav was captured by Pakistan in 2016 and was sentenced to death by a military court martial last year. India appealed to the International Court of Justice against his sentence and the court has stayed his execution.