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Sharif raises Kashmir issue, Indus Water Treaty dispute in meeting with UN
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has raised the issue of Kashmir with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, saying that the Kashmir issue is an international dispute, which remains on the agenda of the Security Council.
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Nuclear disarmament will be Kazakhstan's top priority as UNSC member,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA],Jan.19 (ANI): The Government of Kazakhstan and the country's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has said that giving encouragement to steps for global nuclear disarmament will be their top priority as they take up a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the next t
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The pressures to reform the UN will grow, says Foreign Secretary Jaishanka
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.18 (ANI): Putting pressure on the world body for a permanent seat for India in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar on Wednesday said that "The pressures to reform the UN will only grow with each passing day".
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China's position unchanged on Masood Azhar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan. 17 (ANI): China has said that designating Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations shall be processed by the 1267 Committee based on solid evidence and be decided upon the consensus among the UN Security Council members in a
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UN chief Guterres makes case for new efforts to build and sustain peace
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 11 (ANI): Delivering his first formal briefing to the Security Council, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined the need for new, strengthened efforts to build and sustain peace ranging from prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping
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PM Modi thanks Portugal for supporting India's permanent membership o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Jan. 7(ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked his Portugal counterpart for his support towards India's bid for permanent membership of United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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UN adopts resolution to support Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 1 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously passed a resolution in support of the ceasefire in Syria and holding talks in Kazakhstan between Damascus and the opposition.
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China blocking sanction against Masood Azhar puts them in bad light: Exper
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 31 (ANI): Defence expert Major General (Retired) P.K. Sehgal on Friday said that China's decision to again block a proposal to list Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist under the 1267 sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is along a
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China's blocks proposal to list Masood Azhar as terrorist; India cond
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
NewDelhi [India], Dec. 30 (ANI): Terming China's decision to again block a proposal to list Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist under the 1267 sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as "surprising", India on Friday said the decision confirms the p
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23 Nobel Laureates, global leaders urge UN in an open letter to make Rohi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 30 (ANI): 13 Nobel laureates along with 10 global leaders have urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently put the Rohingya crisis on the list of the council's agenda and to call upon the UN secretary-general to visit Myanmar as a pri
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Lavrov warns US over use of domestic agenda with Middle East Quartet
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec. 28 (ANI): Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned US Secretary of State John Kerry against the impact of Washington's domestic agenda on the Middle East Quartet and the UN Security Council.
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Israel suspends working ties with nations that voted for UN resolution
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 27 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Foreign Ministry to temporarily limit all working ties with the embassies of the 12 United Nation Security Council (UNSC) members, who voted in favor of Friday's resolution on West Bank settlements.
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