India today strongly criticised an unresponsive Security Council for being indecisive on sanctioning leaders of organisations it itself designates as terrorist entities.
Terming the fifth nuclear test of North Korea a “threat” to international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has threatened to impose fresh sanctions against Pyongyang.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) needs to be reformed so that it reflects realities of the present day’s world. Addressing a joint press conference with the
The newly elected UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson will be arriving in India tomorrow and his agenda also includes discussion on UN Security Council reforms with Indian leadership.
India suffered a setback in its quest for securing a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this year.
Islamabad: The killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the Afghan Taliban supremo, in a US drone attack threw up a debate at the United Nations as Pakistan raised the issue in the UN Security Council, describing
Launching a scathing attack on Pakistan, Afghanistan has told United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that what Islamabad needs is the “political will to act against terrorists” and not “nuclear deals or F-16s”.
In an interesting development, a resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives that supports India’s bid for a permanent seat in UN Security Council (UNSC).
United Nations: Asserting that efficiency of the Security Council does not depend on "numbers", India has said the UN top body's expansion should be based on "contemporary realities" and the need for ensuring due place
United Nations: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today in New York after North Korea claimed it had carried out a "successful" hydrogen bomb test, diplomats said.The closed-door morning talks between
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution Friday calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and other extremist groups.The resolution says
New Delhi: India's potential to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council "now has a stronger resonance", President Pranab Mukherjee said today as he referred to the enhanced engagement with foreign countries reflected
New Delhi: With India enhancing engagements with like-minded countries in multilateral organisations, its "legitimate claim" for a permanent membership in the UN Security Council is now getting a "stronger resonance", President Pranab Mukherjee said today.Inaugurating
United Nations: Hitting out at UN Security Council's functioning, India has said the world body's "ineffectiveness" is imposing "severe costs on all of us", asit blamed the top UN organ for failing to fight terrorism
United Nations: Making a strong pitch for urgent reform of an "ineffective" Security Council, India has said the UN body's "malfunctioning" has affected over 60 million people and resulted in huge human and economic costs
New Delhi: India and Africa must speak in "one voice" in pushing for reform of UN Security Council, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted today, cautioning that it ran the risk of becoming irrelevant unless it
United Nations: Pakistan lost its bid Tuesday to be re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council when its current term ends this year. It polled just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly.Pakistan was considering
United Nations: Slamming the use of technical blocks by some permanent members of the UN Security Council, India has said such “hidden vetoes” distort the already opaque procedures of the Council's sanctions regime as it
United Nations: India gave a strong rebuttal to Pakistan's allegations of military oppression in Kashmir. India told the United Nations that "de-terrorizing" Pakistan is only way to achieving peace in the region. Indian first secretary
New York: The foreign ministers of BRICS countries endorsed United Nations Security Council reforms saying it was necessary to make it "more representative and efficient" putting China and Russia publicly on the side for reorganisation.China
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