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UN to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine crisis
World | Aug 23, 2014, 06:55 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council is to hold emergency consultations amid media reports of a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict.The emergency session, scheduled for Friday evening, was requested by Lithuania, Xinhua quoted the
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UN Security Council calls for peace in South Sudan
World | Aug 09, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council on Friday voiced grave concern at the political, security and humanitarian crisis gripping South Sudan, calling on political leaders to implement the peace agreements.The council expressed "grave concern regarding
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Volatile security hampers MH17 probe
World | Aug 09, 2014, 06:36 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN said here on Friday that a probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was being hampered by the volatile security situation at the crash site in eastern Ukraine."While the
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Mahmoud Abbas wants UN emergency session on Gaza
World | Jul 21, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTRamallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency session to discuss Israel's ongoing large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip."The failure of the Security Council to
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Narendra Modi calls for urgent reform of UN security council, IMF
World | Jul 16, 2014, 07:11 AM ISTFortaleza/ New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called for "urgent reform" of institutions such as the UN Security Council and International Monetary Fund while stressing the international community should have zero tolerance towards
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PM Narendra Modi leaves for BRICS summit in Brazil Sunday
India | Jul 11, 2014, 09:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first foray into international diplomacy when he leaves Sunday for the sixth summit of BRICS countries July 15-16, with the meeting expected to discuss creation of
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Five new nations join UN security council as members
World | Jan 03, 2014, 10:31 AM ISTUnited Nations: Five new countries joined the UN security council (UNSC) as non-permanent members starting from the new year, while Jordan assumed Thursday the rotating presidency of the council for January. Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania
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Out-of-the-box thinking required for new world order: Khurshid
India | Dec 10, 2013, 10:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today pitched for out-of-the-box thinking to give birth to a new global order which could effectively deal with various key challenges facing the world.He said the “outdated 1945
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Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council
World | Oct 18, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTRiyadh: Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the UN Security Council and says the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. The move came just hours after the kingdom was elected as one
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Five new members elected to UNSC
World | Oct 18, 2013, 08:01 AM ISTUnited Nations : The UN General Assembly Thursday elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to a two-year term in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the organisation's most powerful body.The new members will begin
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UN Security Council agrees to destroy Syria's chemical weapons
World | Oct 11, 2013, 03:31 PM ISTUnited Nations: UN diplomats say the Security Council has agreed to proposals by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to destroy Syria's chemical weapons by the target of mid-2014. The British and Russian UN ambassadors, who were
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UN urges immediate humanitarian access to Syria
World | Oct 02, 2013, 11:40 PM ISTUnited Nations: The U.N. Security Council called today for immediate access to Syria to provide desperately needed aid, expressing alarm at the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation.The unanimous statement was a quick follow-up to the Security
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UN must be reformed to reflect political realities: Singh
World | Sep 28, 2013, 09:44 PM ISTUnited Nations: Making a strong case for the reform of the UN Security Council to reflect current political realities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said global peace and security issues must be handled through multilateral
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UN votes to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons
World | Sep 28, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTUnited Nations: The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Friday night to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2 ½-year
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Syrians bracing for possible US strike
World | Aug 31, 2013, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action as the administration bluntly accused Bashar Assad's government of launching a chemical weapons attack that
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No Consensus On Palestinian UN Bid : Report
World | Nov 09, 2011, 09:56 AM ISTUnited Nations, Nov 9: There is no consensus in the powerful UN Security Council on whether Palestine should be granted full statehood at the UN, according to a report by a key panel of the
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UNSC Votes To End Military Action In Libya
World | Oct 28, 2011, 09:36 AM ISTUnited Nations, Oct 28: The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to bring to an end the authorised international military action in Libya on October 31 following the death of Muammar Gaddafi that brought an
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PM Presses For Expansion Of UN Security Council
World | Sep 21, 2011, 02:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 21: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pressed for an early reform of the United Nations, particularly an expansion of the Security Council, noting it must be seen as an impartial, credible and
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Khamenei Backs Revolts, Accuses Obama Of Lying
World | Mar 22, 2011, 10:12 AM ISTTehran, Mar 21 : Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his new year's message today to slam the military intervention in Libya, back regional revolts, and accuse US President Barack Obama of lying."The US
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Obama Defends Libya Action In A Letter To Congress
World | Mar 22, 2011, 08:19 AM ISTWashington, Mar 22: Two days after the US forces commenced operation to assist coalition forces to enforce the UN Security Council resolution of no-fly-zone over Libya, US President Barack Obama told the Congressional leadership that