India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj lauded the country's exceptional contributions to global peace and security on the occasion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Wednesday, adding that Indian peacekeepers have time and again shown unwavering courag
Speaking at India's #CPD57 side event, "Localising the SDGs: Women in Local Governance in India Leads the Way," Kamboj emphasised the transformative impact of women's empowerment at the grassroots level.
Kamboj noted that India is on track to surpass the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 1.2 before 2030. She stated that India is significantly focusing on women-led development.
India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, strongly condemned the loss of civilian lives in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas saying that the alarming humanitarian crisis was 'clearly unacceptable'.
Reiterating New Delhi's stand for the expansion of the multilateral institutions, India's permanent ambassador to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj said that multilateral institutions "rarely die", they simply "fade into irrelevance".
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj reaffirmed India's long-standing relationship with the Palestinian people and its support for a negotiated two-state solution, adding,
Expressing concerns over the potential dangers associated with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), India at the United Nations General Assembly voiced for the strengthening of efforts through international cooperation to address the issue.
In a UN Security Council briefing on Wednesday, Kamboj highlighted three key observations regarding the situation in Afghanistan while drawing upon India’s historical and civilisational ties with Afghan people.
Kamboj recalled that India during the COVID-19 pandemic extended a helping hand by providing made-in-India vaccines to nearly 100 countries and supplying medicines to 150 nations.
In his address at India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development in New York, Jaishankar called inclusion of African Union in the G20 as one of the important outcomes of the G20 Summit.