United Nations, March 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was outraged over the drone-attack killing of a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) staffer in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said.”Our colleague Karine Buisset was killed in a drone strike on a building that was housing aid workers,” said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for Guterres on Wednesday.”Karine was a dedicated humanitarian who worked tirelessly to support children and families impacted …
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United Nations, March 12 (IANS) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have collectively intercepted more than 954 Iranian missiles, 2,500 drones, and 17 aircraft, Bahrain’s Permanent Representative Jamal Fares Alrowaiei said, announcing a move to seek a Security Council condemnation of Tehran. He said that the attacks on the six-member GCC are “disturbing trade and maritime routes, having an impact on regional and international economy, affecting everyone.”The Iranian attacks were targeti…
Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, during his recent call with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, emphasised the “serious expectation” of the Iranian government and nation from the Secretary-General and the UN Security Council to adopt “stronger and more responsible positions” in explicitly condemning the “ongoing aggression and crimes committed” in the region, Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated on Wednesday. Araghchi and Guterres spoke over the pho…
United Nations, March 10 (IANS) India has condemned Pakistan’s air attacks on Afghanistan and called out its hypocrisy in conducting them during the month of Ramadan killing mostly women and children while preaching “Islamic solidarity”. “It is hypocritical to espouse high principles of international law and Islamic solidarity on the one hand, while mercilessly carrying out air strikes during the holy month of Ramadan”, India’s Permanent Representative, P Harish told the Security Cou…
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) In a stark portrayal of the Security Council’s polarisation that paralyses its work, a dispute between the US and a combination of Russia and China over charting Iran in the month’s agenda has stalled the adoption of its programme of work while Washington presides over it. After a flamboyant start on Monday when US First Lady Melania Trump presided over the first open session of the month under the US presidency, the Council went dormant the next two days and i…
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) A UN official working for women’s empowerment has highlighted India’s programme, which has brought banking services to over 290 million women, as a global model for a “transformative pathway for women and girls”. Sandra Hendriks, the director of policy for UN Women, the world organisation’s arm for women’s empowerment, said on Wednesday (local time), “The Indian government’s example of enabling digital identification for its entire population of women and girls, no…
United Nations, March 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has carried out a round of diplomacy with leaders in the Gulf region as the world organisation expressed concern over the global economic fallout of the Iran war.The UN is “worried about the negative impacts that the military activities in the region as a whole could have on the world economy”, Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.”And those impacts, as they often do, hit the most vulnerable the hardest…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of “a potential wider conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability” at the Security Council, where the US and Israel, on one side and Iran and Russia, on the other, traded charges over the latest flare-up in the Middle East. “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world,” Guterres said on Saturday at an emergency me…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel, marking an inflection point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule, as Tehran’s retaliation set off conflagrations in a swath of the Middle East.US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the killing of the 86-year-old cleric, ending his iron-fisted rule over Iran for 36 years.Trump said on Truth Social, “He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophi…
United Nations, Feb 28 (IANS) As the United Nations Security Council prepared for an emergency session on Saturday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called the “military escalation in the Middle East”. He said the US-Israel use of force against Iran and Tehran’s retaliation across the region “undermine international peace and security”.France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who said the US-Israel attack on Iran has “grave consequences for international peace and security”, calle…