New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) India on Thursday reiterated that the inviolability of UN missions must be ensured while calling for ensuring the safety and security of peacekeepers. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that as a leading and longstanding contributor to the United Nations peacekeeping, and in line with UN Security Council Resolution, India seeks accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.He also highli…
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United Nations, April 2 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Shalini Bahuguna, who has worked on artificial intelligence (AI), as the resident coordinator in Papua New Guinea. Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday (local time) that she brings decades of experience with international organisations. Resident coordinators are the highest-ranking UN officials in a country, leading the organisation’s teams working on UN programmes. Most recently, she worke…
Jakarta, March 31 (IANS) Indonesia has called on the United Nations (UN) to convene an emergency Security Council meeting following the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon, officials said. Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono conveyed the request to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday through a phone call, stressing the need for a swift, transparent, and comprehensive investigation into the incident, reports Xinhua news agency.”We request an emergency Security Council m…
Paris, March 31 (IANS) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot strongly condemned Israel over what he called “serious incidents” against the French contingent serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the Naqoura area.These violations of security and acts of intimidation by Israeli soldiers against UN personnel are “unacceptable and unjustifiable,” especially since deconfliction procedures are followed, Barrot said on social platform X, adding that France has conveyed…
United Nations, March 31 (IANS) India condemned on Monday the killing of peacekeepers in Lebanon and said it would seek accountability for the crime. Three peacekeepers from Indonesia with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were killed within 24 hours, according to Under-Secretary for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.India’s United Nations Mission said in a statement: “We condemn the recent attacks on United Nations Peacekeepers deployed in UNIFIL, and pay our hom…
United Nations, March 27 (IANS) As the world reels from the impact of the Strait of Hormuz chokehold, Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres on Friday announced a task force to address its humanitarian fallout. The group will develop a mechanism for moving fertilisers and related raw materials necessary to avert an agricultural crisis, Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.He explained that the “primary focus” of the group, led by Under‑Secretary‑General Jorge Moreira da Si…
United Nations, March 27 (IANS) Maldives has withdrawn its surprise nomination of Virginia Gamba for secretary-general, and Chile has backed out of its nomination of Michelle Bachelet, according to the General Assembly president’s spokesperson, La Neice Collins.That would effectively leave only one woman, Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, on the ballot amid a clamour for a woman to head the 80-year-old organisation.It also narrows the field of candidates from five to three, the other two being men.Coll…
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for unity and action to address “the ancient poison of racism,” which he said is alive and kicking in every community, society, country and region of the world.In his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on March 21, Guterres said racism lives on in the legacies of colonialism, enslavement and oppression, which drive so many of the problems today — from econom…
United Nations, March 18 (IANS) UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns” the deadly Pakistani air strike on a hospital in Kabul and has called for an independent investigation into the incident, his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said that more than 400 people were killed in the Pakistani attack on a drug rehabilitation hospital overnight Monday-Tuesday, marking a sharp escalation in Islamabad’s onslaught on its n…
United Nations, March 14 (IANS) Five candidates have been nominated to vie to become the next United Nations secretary-general, taking over the organisation at a time of crises around the world and within it, and the election process will start next month, according to General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock.”This is a very transparent, very neutral, and fair process in which every candidate … will have the same chances and opportunities”, she said on Friday.Starting April 20, each of t…