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New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh held a meeting with an African Union (AU) Commission delegation led by Willy Nyamitwe, Chairperson of AU Permanent Representative Committee and Ambassador of Burundi in New Delhi on Friday. The discussions, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), focused on strengthening multifaceted ties and making preparations for the upcoming fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV). “Pleased to meet the delegat…

United Nations, April 23 (IANS) “We have to continue to be bold” in pursuing the reform of the Security Council, said Macky Sall, who is a candidate for secretary-general.The debate over reforming the Council has been going on for over 30 years, but the “one thing that we can all agree on is that today, the Security Council is not representative of today’s world,” he said on Wednesday at a candidate’s forum here.There are many different proposals for reforming the Council, and some even …

United Nations, March 27 (IANS) Maldives has withdrawn its surprise nomination of Virginia Gamba for secretary-general, and Chile has backed out of its nomination of Michelle Bachelet, according to the General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…