United Nations, June 23 (IANS) In a resolution co-sponsored by India, the Security Council on Tuesday called for action against those attacking peacekeepers and supported the involvement of troop-contributing countries in investigations where their nationals are victims. The resolution reiterated that attacks on peacekeepers or their facilities could amount to war crimes and asked all parties to conflicts to comply fully with their obligations to UN personnel.It was co-sponsored by over 150 coun…
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United Nations, June 8 (IANS) The UN on Monday paid tribute to 136 of its personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2025.”The women and men we commemorate today include 97 civilian personnel and 39 uniformed peacekeepers — military and police. They came from 32 countries: diverse in background, but united in purpose,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the annual memorial service held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Xinhua news agency reported.Among the dead were 80 s…
United Nations, April 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack that killed one French peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and injured three others earlier in the day, his spokesperson said in a statement.”Attacks on peacekeepers must stop. They are grave violations of international humanitarian law and of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) and may amount to war crimes,” said the statement, issued by spokesperson …
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…
United Nations, April 2 (IANS) The UN Security Council will focus on the West Asia conflict in April, taking up issues concerning Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank, Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Bahrain’s permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the council for the month, said.Speaking at a daily briefing on the Security Council’s program of work for April on Wednesday (Local time), Alrowaiei said four general priorities shape Bahrain’s membership in the council in general –…
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 …