United Nations, Jan 27 (IANS) France has called for text-based negotiations to speed Security Council reforms and add permanent members, to ensure its legitimacy. France’s Permanent Representative Jerome Bonnafont said on Monday that France “will remain fully engaged in the achievement of Security Council reform to enhance its representativeness and legitimacy, through expansion in both categories of membership”, permanent and non-permanent.“France is convinced that a reform is possible …
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United Nations, Jan 21 (IANS) India has said that it was ironic that Pakistan a “geographic space long associated with grave crimes against humanity”, was flinging accusations against others.”Pakistan should first address the systematic persecution of minorities including Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Ahmadiyya in its territories”, Luther M Rangerji, an Additional Secretary in the External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday, responding to allegations made by Islamabad.“The reality is that …
Canberra, Jan 20 (IANS) A broader functional scope for the ASEAN Coast Guard Forum (ACF) would enable members to address maritime challenges beyond countering China in the South China Sea, thereby enhancing the forum’s credibility — both regionally and internationally — while mitigating Chinese criticism, a report said on Tuesday. According to a report in Australia-based ‘The Strategist’, the ACF may in future explore cooperation with extra-regional states — including China — for e…
Singapore, Jan 13 (IANS) Through use of centuries-old maps, voyages, and vaguely defined historical presence, China seeks to portray contested waters as inherently Chinese, despite the prevailing modern international law and adverse legal rulings, a report said on Tuesday. It added that this narrative strategy focuses less on persuading neutral arbiters and more on deligitimising the very idea of arbitration.According to a report in ‘The Singapore Post’, if sovereignty is framed as historically …
Quetta, Jan 12 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan amid an escalating wave of enforced disappearance across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.Condemning the incident, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Arslan Shahwani was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces on Saturday night from the airport road in the provincial capital Quetta.“Arslan was working and …
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that the only real constraint on his power on the world stage is his own morality, dismissing international law as a primary limitation on his actions.Trump made the remarks in an interview with The New York Times, last week, the transcript of which was released Sunday, when asked whether anything could restrain him if he believed national security was at stake.“There is one thing,” Trump said when pressed on checks to his authorit…
Berlin, Jan 1 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), called on the United Nations and the international community to take immediate notice of all forcibly disappeared Sindhi political activists and hold Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies accountable under international law. The Sindhi leader accused the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies of operating with complete impunity and arbitrarily arresting Sindhi political activists engaged in peac…