New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India has slammed Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif over his recent statement on Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving Seychelles’ highest environmental honour, with government sources describing him as “mentally unstable” and what his holding the post revealed about the current situation of Pakistan. “That Khawaja Asif is mentally unstable is a known fact. That he could be entrusted with his current responsibility says much about today’s Pakistan. Clearly, he …
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United Nations, July 2 (IANS) The world organisation is in danger of going broke by the end of next month despite a lifeline thrown to it by the General Assembly through a change in funding procedure, according to UN officials. Assistant Secretary-General Chandramouli Ramanathan put it bluntly on Wednesday (local time): “We don’t have cash beyond August”.That’s just before the UN’s annual high-level meeting that convenes in September with a parade of world leaders.Come “September, money is gone”…
United Nations, July 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the General Assembly’s decision on unspent budget funds.”I welcome today’s (Tuesday’s) decision by the General Assembly to reform financial rules that were putting the Organization’s stability at risk. By its vote, the Assembly has agreed to introduce, for a four-year trial period, a new methodology to ensure that unspent funds are returned to Member States only when they are backed by cash,” said Guterres in a statemen…
United Nations, June 29 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm on Monday against emerging technologies “super-charging” terrorism and said better cooperation among countries can “close critical gaps”. He said that in South Asia, “affiliates of Al-Qaida and Da’esh [Islamic State terror outfit] and other terrorist groups persist”, as also in Africa and the Middle East, in threatening nations and people.”Violent extremist narratives, including those based on xenophobia, racism,…
United Nations, June 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for harnessing technology to stop drug cyber-trafficking, working with police and authorities to detect and disrupt criminal networks and the manufacture of synthetic drugs, and boosting investment in prevention, harm-reduction and treatment. On Friday (Local time), in his message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed annually on June 26, Guterres said illicit drug trafficking …
United Nations, June 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could return to its status quo ante, said his spokesperson. Asked at a daily briefing on Friday (local time) where Guterres hopes that the Strait of Hormuz will return to how it was before the US-Israel conflict against Iran began, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson, said: “I think we have to remain determined.The Strait of Hormuz, prior to the opening of this conflict, actually worked, right? S…
United Nations, June 25 (IANS) India has called for action against those who target schools and children, describing the plight of children caught in conflict zones as “a damning verdict on humanity’s collective failure”.Participating in a Security Council debate on Wednesday (local time) on children and armed conflicts, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, P. Harish, said, “Protection (of children and schools) without accountability is incomplete. Those who target schools and children wi…
United Nations, June 23 (IANS) In a resolution co-sponsored by India, the Security Council on Tuesday called for action against those attacking peacekeepers and supported the involvement of troop-contributing countries in investigations where their nationals are victims. The resolution reiterated that attacks on peacekeepers or their facilities could amount to war crimes and asked all parties to conflicts to comply fully with their obligations to UN personnel.It was co-sponsored by over 150 coun…
United Nations, June 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for political will to accelerate and finish the global HIV fight at a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly.”This is a meeting that is taking place to find solutions, and once again summon the political will to accelerate and finish the global HIV fight,” Guterres said in a statement delivered by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the Opening Plenary of the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, Xin…
United Nations, June 11 (IANS) Amid the threat of a reignition of the conflict in the Gulf, India reiterated its call for dialogue and diplomacy to end the confrontation that has “deeply impacted India”, while criticising the world organisation’s outdated structure that has made it unable to deal with crises. “India would like to stress that the people across the Middle East deserve sustained peace and normalcy,” India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish said on Wednesday.“India s…