Setback for India, no permanent seat at UNSC this year
World | July 29, 2016 17:11 ISTIndia suffered a setback in its quest for securing a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) this year.
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).
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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
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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
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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
New York: India on Monday announced plans to contribute an additional 850 troops to the UN Peacekeeping Missions around the world and also pushed for reform of the UN Security Council.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in
New York: Making a strong pitch for reform of the UN Security Council, the G4 countries of India, Brazil, Germany and Japan on Saturday said that the international body needs to be reflective of the
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pushed for Reform of the UNSC and said that it should take place in a fixed time frame as it is an urgent and important task.PM was addressing
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for reforms in the UN security council while addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.The prime minister's 18-minute Hindi speech, in which he
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