India will reaffirm credentials to be permanent UNSC member: MEA
News | June 18, 2020 22:17 ISTWhile addressing a joint press conference in the national capital on June 18, the Secretary (West) of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
While addressing a joint press conference in the national capital on June 18, the Secretary (West) of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
While addressing a joint press conference in the national capital on June 18, the Secretary (West) of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
As India was elected as non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for term 2021-22, the Secretary (West) of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Vikas Swarup said that India enjoys goodwill at United Nations.
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend the measures designed to implement an arms embargo on Libya for a further 12 months.
Elections for five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council will be held on June 17, according to the world body's provisional programme.
The US has called for a UN Security Council meeting on Hong Kong, as the Trump administration indicated that it will not keep quite on China's new national security law to curb freedom in the former British colony.
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan. Resolution 2513, which won the unanimous support of the 15-member council, welcomed the significant steps toward ending the war and opening the door to intra-Afghan negotiations enabled by two accords signed between the US and the Taliban and between the US and the Afghan government. Xinhua reported.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Saturday said his country fully supported India's bid for permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
Pakistan has repeatedly tried to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council with China's help, but it failed again to find any support.
The latest attempt failed as other countries of the 15-member council felt Kashmir is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan.
China has made a fresh pitch to raise the Kashmir issue in a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday, but the attempt is likely to fail as all other member countries of the body are set to oppose it.
The UN Security Council has re-authorized the cross-border aid mechanism for Syria after a heated discussion.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has again written a letter to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council to raise the Kashmir issue. In a series of letters in recent months, the Foreign Minister has consistently updated the United Nations Security Council and the UN Secretary General António Guterres on the situation in Kashmir.
This is the first time since August that Kashmir will be discussed at the United Nations Security Council. On both the occasions, the proposal has been moved by China on Pakistan’s behest
US President Donald Trump urged United Nations Security Council members to address shared security threats and promote religious liberty across the globe.
Tripathi pointed out that a trend in which in order to accommodate those who cannot fulfill the commitments of providing all women units to peacekeeping missions, mixed units are being given preference by diluting the policy frameworks.
Karen Pierce said "we have nothing scheduled". She added, "There are a lot of issues going on in the world and each month the presidency picks a few that are not routinely scheduled as part of the rhythm of the Security Council's business."
Satyarthi, who has been running an NGO in India for the protection of child rights for about 40 years, said he is working to build pressure on this count by roping in more than two dozen other Nobel laureates.
Mumbai attack mastermind and banned JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been allowed by an anti-terror committee of the UN Security Council to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses on Pakistan's request.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, speaking at a Security Council debate on UN peacekeeping operations on Monday, said UN peacekeeping is a unique innovation of multilateralism to respond to threats to international peace and security.
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