Washington: US President Barack Obama endorses India's candidature as a permanent member of the reformed UN Security Council, the White House has said."As it relates to India's membership in the Security Council, I know the
Islamabad: India's permanent membership in the reformed UN Security Council is unacceptable to Pakistan as it has not complied with UN resolutions on Kashmir, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told US President Barack Obama.The US
United Nations: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the apparent murder of a Japanese citizen Haruna Yukawa by the Islamic State.In a press statement issued Sunday here, the Security Council also demanded the immediate release
United Nations: United Nations peacekeepers were attacked by unidentified armed men in two separate incidents in Sudan, authorities said.In the first attack, the Joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers were
United Nations: The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution urging the end of "Israeli occupation" by the end of 2017.The draft resolution, which failed to get nine votes in favour,
New Delhi: Perturbed over calling 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed as as 'sahib' by a US Security Council panel, India will seek a clarification on it from the world body.It
United Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has called for global and regional cooperation and strategies to stop terrorists from reaping the benefits of transnational organised crime.In a resolution, the UNSC expressed its concern that
United Nations: India has criticised the decision-making process of the Security Council, saying it disregards the voices of non-members while acting on matters important to them.Speaking at the Council Tuesday on UN-African Union (AU) partnership
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution extending cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrians in rebel-held areas in desperate need of food and medicine, without government approval.The
Geneva: Senior officials from the United States and Iran resumed talks today over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme, a diplomatic source said, three weeks after world powers missed a deadline for reaching a deal.The two-day discussions
United Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan."The members of the UNSC expressed their deep sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims,
United Nations: The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned the escalation in violence in Libya, urging constructive efforts to resume an inclusive political process to address the security challenges facing the country.In a press
United Nations: India, among the top troop contributors to UN peacekeeping missions, has termed as ‘regretful' that non-members of the Security Council, who provide troops, are not allowed to participate in its decisions on drawing
United Nations: Calling the UN Security Council an "anachronism," Indian Parliament speaker Sumitra Mahajan has urged the international community to take early action to reform it in order to shore up the legitimacy of the
United Nations: The UN Security Council is holding its 26th emergency session on Ukraine amid worries about a renewal of full-scale conflict in the rebel-held east.Yesterday's meeting comes hours after NATO's top commander said new
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council is expressing its “deep outrage” at the killings, kidnapping, rapes and torture by the Islamic State group in Iraq.A press statement on Friday evening notes that some of the
United Nations: The United Nations General Assembly today elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning in January next year.The 193-member
United Nations: The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the targeted attack on peacekeepers in Mali in which one personnel was killed.The Senegalese peacekeeper was killed when United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
United Nations: The UN Security Council has condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of Alan Henning, a voluntary British aid worker, by the Islamic State (IS)."This crime is a tragic reminder of the increasing dangers
United Nations: Strongly condemning the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a British humanitarian aid worker by the Islamic State group, the UN Security Council today stressed that the terror outfit must be defeated.The 15-nation Council
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