United Nations, Jan 27 (IANS) India has expressed concern over the emergence of platforms “parallel” to the United Nations, seeking to take on peace and security roles while the Security Council is paralysed.”Security conversations and discussions have moved on to parallel plurilateral frameworks, some even involving private sector actors to bring about outcomes on peace and security outside the United Nations,” India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish cautioned on Monday, pressing the case …
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United Nations, Jan 27 (IANS) India and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have called for urgently reforming the Security Council in the face of dire challenges to the world organisation.India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish on Monday said the reform must add permanent members to make the international rule of law effective when the world organisation “at its core is under strain”.“Paralysis and lack of effectiveness in tackling conflicts remain a significant shortcoming” testing t…
United Nations, Jan 16 (IANS) During their faceoff at the Security Council, the United States warned Iran that “all options are on the table” to stop the attacks on protesters, while Tehran said that it was seeking “neither escalation nor confrontation”.“President (Donald) Trump is a man of action”, US Permanent Representative Mike Walz said on Thursday at an emergency session convened at the request of Washington. “He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slau…
United Nations, Jan 15 (IANS) The trend of developing countries growing faster economically compared to the developed countries calls for reforming the Security Council and the international financial institutions, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.“Every day, the share of global GDP held by developed economies shrinks, bit by bit. Every day, emerging economies grow – in size, in strength, in influence. Every day, South-South trade pulls further ahead of North-North trade,”…
United Nations, Jan 15 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the G77, as a “strong pillar of multilateralism”, remains indispensable when international cooperation is under strain in a world facing multifarious crises.“We begin this year amid raging conflicts, widening inequalities, mounting debt burdens, and an erosion of trust,” he said on Wednesday.”That is why we need a renewed commitment to cooperation — in a truly interconnected, multipolar world. And that is why…
United Nations, Jan 14 (IANS) Iranian UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani asked the UN secretary-general and the Security Council to condemn the United States for inciting violence and threatening to use force against his country.In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Somali UN ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who serves as the rotating president of the Security Council for January, Iravani accused US President Donald Trump of openly inciting violence in Iran, citing Trump…
United Nations, Jan 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges the Iranian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and enable access to information in the country, his spokesperson said.”The Secretary-General urges the Iranian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and to refrain from unnecessary or disproportionate use of force,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.He further urges steps that enable access to information in the country, including restoring communi…
United Nations, Jan 8 (IANS) A latest report has projected India to be again the fastest growing major economy this year at 6.6 per cent, demonstrating a resilience undeterred by the upheavals in trade and the US tariffs.The UN’s flagship economic report attributed some of its performance to “recent tax reforms and monetary easing”.India’s “resilient private consumption and strong public investment”, the report said, “should largely offset the drag from higher United States tariffs…
United Nations, Jan 6 (IANS) Facing criticism at the Security Council from allies and adversaries for capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the US has defended it as a “a law enforcement operation” and not a war. At the Council’s emergency meeting on Monday, France and Britain, US allies with permanent membership on the Council, lobbed mild criticism at Washington from an international law perspective. The other two permanent members, China and Russia, lashed out at the US, demanding …
United Nations, Jan 4 (IANS) The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday on the US operation against Venezuela, the council presidency said.”The presidency intends to hold the emergency meeting on Monday morning at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT),” said Khadija Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Somali Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Somalia holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, Xinhua news agency reported.The United States launched an operation…