United Nations, May 27 (IANS) Even as the Security Council, frozen in the world of 1945, faces a crisis of credibility, India has said that “entrenched interests” are blocking reforms needed to make it capable of meeting contemporary challenges.“Lack of progress in the Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) on Council reforms is indicative of entrenched interests of several member states to maintain the status quo and retain the eight-decade-old UNSC architecture”, India’s Permanent Rep…
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United Nations, May 27 (IANS) Warning Pakistan of India’s resolve to defend itself against cross-border terrorism, India said Islamabad would have to face the repercussions of sponsoring terrorism.“Pakistan must credibly and irrevocably end its support for all forms of terrorism”, India’s Permanent Representative P Harish demanded on Tuesday at the Security Council.“Pakistan will have to accept that there are consequences to its sponsorship of cross-border terrorism”, he said.He decl…
United Nations, May 27 (IANS) United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of “a dangerous erosion” of respect for international law.”Core principles — sovereign equality, territorial integrity, political independence, the prohibition of the threat or use of force — are being challenged or ignored. Violations go unanswered. Impunity is spreading,” he told a high-level open debate of the Security Council on upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengtheni…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday urged the global community to condemn “violations of international law” by the United States and Israel and take action against “warmongering”, thereby bringing an end to the impunity of those who violate the UN Charter. In his address at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting being held in New Delhi on Thursday, Araghchi stated that Iran has been subjected to “brutal and unlawful aggression” by the US and Israel.He said,…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday lauded India’s role in the United Nations and across all three pillars of the UN Charter. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, Baerbock stated that more than 184 Indian peacekeepers have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of global peace. She thanked Indian government for inviting her to India and extending a warm hospitality.Baerbock mentioned that she met External Affa…
New York, April 15 (IANS) B.R. Ambedkar’s concept of constitutional morality can strengthen multilateralism in a world beset by conflicts and political fragmentation, according to India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish.Speaking at the Ambedkar Jayanti observance here on Tuesday, he said that the Indian Constitution’s architect’s vision of morality and law, when applied to multilateralism, can help in reforming the UN and revitalise it.The Jayanti observed here on the 135th birth annive…
United Nations, April 2 (IANS) With a firm message to Israel, the United States, and Iran to immediately stop the conflict, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for supporting diplomacy to stop the threatened “spiral of death and destruction”. He told the media that he was “dispatching my Personal Envoy Jean Arnault to the region to support these efforts.”The diplomatic efforts “to find a peaceful path forward”, he said, “deserve the space and support to succ…
Seoul, April 2 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday condemned a recent United Nations resolution on human rights violations in the country, calling it a “grave political provocation.”The reaction came after the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council adopted its annual resolution on Pyongyang’s human rights by consensus Monday at its 61st regular session, co-sponsored by 50 countries, including South Korea.”(Our) foreign ministry brands the adoption of this anti-DPRK ‘human rights resolution’ as a grave …
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Abdulnasser Alshaali, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India, has commended New Delhi’s role in the ongoing West Asia crisis, emphasising that India’s deep regional engagement and constructive diplomatic tradition gives considerable weight to its voice. The Ambassador noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s telephonic conversation with the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was viewed as a gesture of solidarity and reflected the close tie…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In a strong display of diplomatic support, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on Thursday to convey warm Eid greetings and firmly reiterate India’s condemnation of the recent attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf region. The phone call comes amid escalating tensions that have threatened global energy supplies and maritime security.PM Modi, in an X post, reiterated that Indi…