United Nations, April 30 (IANS) Warning of a steep fall in economic growth and a rise in poverty around the world due to the Iran war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his demand for the immediate restoration of free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”As with every conflict, the whole of humanity is paying the price – even if a few are reaping huge profits,” he told reporters. “The pain will be felt for a long time to come.”The war’s “consequences are not cumulative. They ar…
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Tehran, April 30 (IANS) Six of the 28 crew members of the Iranian container ship Touska, seized earlier this month by the United States, have been released and have returned to Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency has reported. Efforts are underway to secure the release of the remaining crew, whom Iran describes as hostages of the “terrorist” US government, Tasnim said on Wednesday (local time).The Iranian-flagged vessel was boarded and seized by US forces off the coast of Iran’s southeast…
Tehran, April 29 (IANS) The continued US maritime “piracy and banditry” in the form of naval blockade against Iran will soon be met with “practical and unprecedented military action,” Iran’s state-run Press TV reported on Wednesday. Iran’s armed forces maintain that “patience has limits,” and a “punishing response” will be necessary if the United States continues its “illegal” naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, it said, citing a high-ranking security source, Xinhua news agency reported.Acco…
United Nations, April 29 (IANS) India has condemned the attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital to its energy and economic security, and called for restoring free navigation.“Commercial shipping must not be the target of military attacks, and such attempts are deplorable”, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Yojna Patel told the Security Council on Tuesday.Patel did not mention any country by name but alluded to Iran by recalling that India co-sponsored a…
United Nations, April 27 (IANS) Warning the humanitarian toll is mounting because of the blockade of the Strait of the Hormuz, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for ending the use of merchant shipping as a tool of political pressure. At meeting of the Security Council on maritime security, he also made a plea on behalf of the sailors trapped in Hormuz region, asking for the implementation of an emergency plan to evacuate More than 20,000 seafarers remain stranded at sea in t…
United Nations, April 24 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Ministry Secretary Sibi George met Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and discussed reforms of the international organisation raising the voice of the Global South.At their meeting here on Thursday, George reiterated India’s strong commitment to multilateralism, which Guterres has been emphasising even as it is under stress, India’s Permanent Mission said in a post on X.They also discussed New Delhi’s initiatives for enhancing the …
United Nations, April 23 (IANS) “The Security Council will carry more weight if it will represent more the world of today than the world of 1945”, Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, who is in the race to become the next secretary-general said, making the case for reforming it.Answering questions on Wednesday from diplomats and civil society representatives at a candidate’s forum, she acknowledged the diversity of views on how the Council should be reformed.“You will have to look for a convergence …
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, April 22 (IANS) Michelle Bachelet Jeria, who is running to be the next secretary-general, has declared she would “push as much as possible” to have the member states reform the Security Council.“There’s a huge movement that they (UN members) understand that the Security Council needs to be reformed, (but) in which way will depend on how members decide”, she said on Tuesday at a news conference following a candidates’ forum.The Council needs to have representation of tho…
United Nations, April 22 (IANS) Rafael Mariano Grossi, who is a candidate for secretary-general, has indicated that he would help move the delayed process of reforming the Security Council forward by facilitating the discussions in that regard. “We know that time has passed (for reforms). We know that circumstances have changed,” Grossi said on Tuesday (local time) at the candidates’ forum here.”Coming to a solution that will be good for all is a challenge ahead of all of us, and I look forward …